Enkidu Became Clay [Enkidu ist zu Erde geworden]

1947

Willi Baumeister

Associated Names
Willi Baumeister

Artist, German, 1889 - 1955

The artwork depicts thick, black lines and shapes intersecting and swirling across the canvas in an abstract composition. Some forms suggest trees and figures walking, with curved lines resembling hills or mountain ranges and straight lines resembling paths or roads. The overall appearance is abstract, with familiar objects like trees, a horizon, or figures discernible among the complex lines and shaded areas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.7 x 43.2 cm (13 11/16 x 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.255

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Spielmann 2005, no. 107

  • Series Title

    Sumerische Legenden

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2005

  • Spielmann, Heinz. Willi Baumeister: Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik. Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005: no. 107.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Baumeister / Sumeric Legends

Wikidata ID

Q76359863

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