Uble Street (Uble Strasse)

c. 1925

Paul Gangolf

Associated Names
Paul Gangolf

Artist, German, German, 1879 - 1936

This is a drawing of an abstract, crowded street scene. The drawing includes various figures in a bustling urban environment, depicted with expressive, exaggerated features and gestures. Lines are cross-hatched and scribbled to create texture and depth. The background features architectural elements like buildings and possibly windows that fade in and out of focus. The use of line work gives a rough, dynamic quality to the scene, emphasizing the lively nature of the crowd. Shapes are simplified, and the overall composition suggests an interaction among figures and the surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21 × 24 cm (8 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
    plate: 11.4 × 15.8 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.220

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rathenau 1964, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist to "Herr Kaufmann" (?). Ruth Cole Kainen [1929-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1964

  • Rathenau, Ernest. Im Memoriam Paul Gangolf. Berlin: Euphorin Verlag, 1964, undescribed.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right under platemark, in graphite: Paul Gangolf; by artist, lower left under platemark, in graphite: 9/30; by artist, lower right, in graphite: für Herrn Kaufmann [illegible] zu [illegible]; by later hand, verso lower margin, in graphite: GB 12/2000 "Strassenszene" i- x

Markings

stamp, lower left verso, in black ink: RCK

Wikidata ID

Q76556386

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