Composition XXII

Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Associated Names
Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Artist, Dutch, 1876 - 1923

The image displays jagged and curvilinear black shapes on a light background. The abstract composition resembles a chaotic tangle of lines and forms. The negative space between the shapes forms irregular patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 x 15.8 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 39.4 x 26.5 cm (15 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.279

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Huussen/Henkels 1983, undesc

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen [1909-2001], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4737); his wife, Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Huussen, A. H. Jr., and Herbert Henkels. Jacoba van Heemskerck 1876 - 1923: Eine expressionistische Künstlerin . The Hague, 1983: undesc

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: JacobavanHeemskerck - (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q76556519

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