Haus (House)

1988

Matthias Mansen

Associated Names
Matthias Mansen

Artist, German, born 1958

This is a drawing of a building facade. The drawing features a stylized, monochromatic depiction of a building with multiple floors, seen head-on. Each floor contains windows; some are arched, especially near the top level, while others are rectangular. The lines and shapes are created using contrasting black and white. The black areas suggest the solid parts of the building and the white areas indicate the windows and spaces in between. There is a rough, textured quality to the lines, reminiscent of woodcut or linocut techniques, giving the building an abstract appearance. The simplicity and high contrast focus on the geometric regularity and form of the structure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Wolfgang Wittrock

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular, approximate): 96.52 × 31.75 cm (38 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 144.15 × 68.58 cm (56 3/4 × 27 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.5.3

  • Series Title

    Paris


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wolfgang Wittrock, GR; gift to NGA, 2016

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Matthias Mansen: Configurations, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

in graphite, along bottom, lower left: 41-88 1/1; lower center: ,Haus'; lower right: Matthias Mansen 1988

Wikidata ID

Q77016121

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