Kreuztragung (Christ Carrying the Cross)

1916

Otto Lange

Associated Names
Otto Lange

Artist, German, 1879 - 1944

The image shows jagged, intersecting lines and angular shapes in bold red, black, and gray tones. The abstract scene appears to depict human figures in dynamic interaction, resembling dance or struggle. The linear elements suggest movement and energy, with human forms intertwined in vibrant motion within an abstract narrative.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in red, grey, black and blue on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.8 × 24.3 cm (14 1/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.2 × 34.6 cm (18 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.350

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boettger 1919, no. 120, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., November 1, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1919

  • Boettger, Fritz. Otto Lange: Verz. seiner Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Linoleumschnitte' u. Steinzeichn. Dresden, 1919: no. 120, only

Inscriptions

below image, in graphite, at left: Handdruck; below image, in graphite, at right: OttoLange; above image, in graphite, at left: Kreuztragung; below image, at center, in graphite, by later hand: 780

Wikidata ID

Q76556694

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