Anatomie 61 (Anatomy 61)

1961

Paul Wunderlich

Associated Names
Paul Wunderlich

Artist, German, 1927 - 2010

Atelier Desjobert

Printer

The image shows a collection of elongated and distorted shapes, with a central pair of organic forms that taper into what resemble legs. The abstract composition features forms that recall human figures and body parts, such as a detailed depiction of a hand in a square frame. These shapes are tangled and intertwined, suggesting a connection to skeletal structures and internal organs. Scattered throughout are smaller curved lines and bulbous shapes that hint at facial features and other anatomical elements, adding to the abstract, surreal nature of the artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black and tan on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust)

  • Dimensions

    image: 63.82 × 49.53 cm (25 1/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 73.34 × 53.5 cm (28 7/8 × 21 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3290

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Riediger 1983, no. 177

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Moses Lasky, San Francisco, California; Lasky Charitable Lead Trust, New York, 2002; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Riediger, Carsten. Paul Wunderlich – Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, 1948 bis 1982: Catalogue raisonné. Offenbach am Main, Germany: Volker Huber, 1983, pp. 100-101, no. 177.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone (reversed): September / 1961 / Paul Wunderlich; lower left in graphite: e.a.; lower right in graphite: Wunderlich 61; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: "Anatomie" / $50- / (Mr Lasky) / GP [circled]

Watermarks

BFK Rives

Wikidata ID

Q77010186

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