Liegender Akt II (Reclining Nude II)

1918

Otto Lange

Associated Names
Otto Lange

Artist, German, 1879 - 1944

The image displays bold, angular black lines and large shapes intersecting across the canvas to create a striking pattern. The abstract composition features fragmented pieces within a geometric landscape, with triangular and rectangular shapes. The interplay of black and white space resembles shadows and highlights, adding complexity to the overall design.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.5 × 40.5 cm (9 5/8 × 15 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.4 × 50.5 cm (15 1/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.353

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boettger 1919, no. 264, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 5, 1997; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1919

  • Boettger, Fritz. Otto Lange: Verz. seiner Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Linoleumschnitte' u. Steinzeichn. Dresden, 1919: no. 264, only

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: Hand. Selbstdruck; below image, at right, in graphite: OttoLange; above image, at left, in graphite: Liegender Akt II; below image, at center, by later hand: 519; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 13210

Wikidata ID

Q76556700

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