Street in Wilmersdorf

1913

Ludwig Meidner

Associated Names
Ludwig Meidner

Artist, German, 1884 - 1966

The image shows bold, jagged lines and angular shapes depicting a distorted, abstract city street scene. The architecture bends and twists with unusual perspectives, creating a sense of motion. Streetlamps hang at different angles and the road's path curves unexpectedly. In the center, small figures resembling silhouettes of people in motion are seen. The overall impression is of a lively urban environment viewed through a warped lens, with buildings and lampposts rendered in an exaggerated, dreamlike fashion.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on thin laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.8 × 13.9 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 40.5 × 30.9 cm (15 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.372

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flammann 1991, undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Flammann, Winfried. Ludwig Meidner: 1884-1966; das druckgraphische Werk, ein Überblick. Hofheim am Taunus, 1991: no. undisc.

Inscriptions

lettered in image, at bottom left: LM. / 1913; signed below image, in graphite: Meidner / 1913

Wikidata ID

Q76556756

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