Red Frieze

1952-1954

Willi Baumeister

Associated Names
Willi Baumeister

Artist, German, 1889 - 1955

The image consists of abstract shapes and lines arranged harmoniously against a muted red background. Various circular, triangular, and rectangular forms intermix with swirls and zigzagging lines. A large circular shape at the top left resembles a sun or a bird's face with a beak. Other elements suggest abstract representations of flowers or musical notes. Bold and muted colors like black, olive green, and deep blue blend with the red to enhance the abstract artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.6 × 47.3 cm (11 1/4 × 18 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 43 × 61.4 cm (16 15/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.161

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Spielmann 2005, no. 187, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 26, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2005

  • Spielmann, Heinz. Willi Baumeister: Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005: no. 187, only

Inscriptions

signed in image, at lower right, in graphite: Baumeister; below image, at left, in graphite: Probedruck / I/IIX; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 2950 615 AMG; printed label attached on verso: Will Baumeister / ORIGINAL pd HANDDRUCK / WERKSTATTE FÜR SERIGRAPHIE / POLDI DOM BERGER / STUTTGART - O GÄNSHEIDE 26

Wikidata ID

Q76556250

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