Die Zeitung (Newspaper)

1963

Gerhard Hoehme

Associated Names
Gerhard Hoehme

Artist, German, 1920 - 1989

The image displays an array of intersecting and overlapping lines, with layers of text and shapes scattered across the surface. It features what appears to be newspaper pages as a background, densely covered with erratic brown and black markings resembling scribbles or fragments of text. The brown marks on the left side of the image resemble scattered brushstrokes or rough calligraphy, while the black smudges and markings on the right seem like abstract graffiti. The overall effect is akin to a cluttered tabletop filled with chaotic notes or a heavily annotated page, drawing a parallel to a busy workspace or a bulletin board filled with overlapping messages.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and soapground aquatint (?) in red and black with hand-coloring, printed on two sheets of newspaper mounted to irregular size wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    plate ((left sheet)): 48 x 38.9 cm (18 7/8 x 15 5/16 in.)
    plate ((right sheet)): 49.5 x 39.5 cm (19 1/2 x 15 9/16 in.)
    mount: 60.5 x 43 cm (23 13/16 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.147.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Heuer 1992, no. 74

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass, Berlin); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Heuer, Egon. Gerhard Hoehme. Die Druckgrafik. Markisches Museum der Stadt Witten, Witten. 1992

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite on mount: Probedrück "Die Zeitung" 1963 G. Hoehme; on verso, upper right in graphite: "Die Zeitung" / fur Mappe Ausstellung "Schrift & Bild" / im Stedelijk-Museum Amsterdam / und in der Staatl. Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.

Wikidata ID

Q76341063

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