Metamorphose

1947

Willi Baumeister

Associated Names
Willi Baumeister

Artist, German, 1889 - 1955

The image displays swirling lines and shapes forming an abstract pattern. The figures within the piece suggest abstract forms resembling faces or creatures with rounded eyes and elongated limbs. Various elements within the artwork may resemble birds or sea creatures among a landscape, with soft colors blending in the background. The delicate balance of lines and curves creates an abstract image for the viewer to interpret visually.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph printed in black, dark grey and light grey, hand-colored with light green, light red, light blue, yellow and ochre watercolor by the artist, on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 38 × 48 cm (14 15/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 61.6 cm (18 11/16 × 24 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.163

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Spielmann 2005, no. 111b, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Neuerberg [b. 1883], Cologne (Lugt 1344a). (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 1, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2005

  • Spielmann, Heinz. Willi Baumeister: Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005: no. 111b, only

Inscriptions

signed, numbered and dated in graphite, below image: 11/30 Baumeister 47; at lower left margin, in graphite, by later hand: 452

Wikidata ID

Q76556255

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