Raskolnikoff II

1919 (?)

Max Burchartz

Associated Names
Max Burchartz

Artist, German, 1887 - 1961

The image shows jagged, angular lines and rough, intersecting shapes forming an abstract composition. In the center is a human-like figure with elongated limbs and an expressive face. A hand gesture is seen in the foreground, resembling a tormented mime or a distorted marionette. A shape resembling a hat or bowl is on the lower left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 67 × 47.4 cm (26 3/8 × 18 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.178

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 14, 1984; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed, numbered and titled below image, in graphite: Raskolnikoff II / Nr 61/100 Mac Burchartz; at lower left corner, in graphite, by later hand: 1919 Max Burchartz

Wikidata ID

Q76556289

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