Totentanz

1928

Johannes Wüsten

Associated Names
Johannes Wüsten

Artist, German, 1896 - 1943

The image depicts intersecting lines and swirling shapes that create an abstract composition. Within these shapes, are figures resembling people intertwined with curved mechanical elements like gears and levers. The figures have arms and legs in contorted angles, suggesting a fusion of human and machine elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on laid light grey-blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.7 × 15.6 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 44.2 × 26.3 cm (17 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.499

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hofmann 1997, no. 126, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739); Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1997

  • Hofmann, K.-L., C. Präger. Johannes Wüsten (1896-1943): Leben und Kunst: Ausstellung im Heidelberger Kunstverein, 22. Dezember 1996-26. Januar 1997. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 1996: no. 126, only.

Inscriptions

signed, dated and titled below image, in graphite: Johannes Wüsten 1928. "Totentanz".

Wikidata ID

Q76557064

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