Woodcut

1919

Johannes Molzahn

Associated Names
Johannes Molzahn

Artist, German, 1892 - 1965

The image consists of bold, angular lines and curved forms intersecting in an elaborate pattern. Sharp zigzags, semicircles, and circular forms create an abstract scene. The interplay of black and white areas adds contrast and depth, making the figures appear dynamic and energetic.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on tan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.9 × 14.9 cm (8 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 33.7 cm (19 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.381

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Salzmann 1977, no. 17, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 5, 2003; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1977

  • Salzmann, Siegfried, Güse, Ernst-Gerhard, Lange, Barbara. Johannes Molzahn: Das druckgraphische Werk. Duisburg: Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt, 1977: nos. 17, only

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, at right, in graphite: 1919; at the bottom left of the sheet, in graphite: Handdruck.

Wikidata ID

Q76556774

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