Beginning Motion

1944

Werner Drewes

Associated Names
Werner Drewes

Artist, American, 1899 - 1985

The image consists of curves, straight lines, and circles forming an abstract design. Two circular shapes in green and yellow stand out, amidst intersecting arcs and crescents in red and black. The background features parallel horizontal lines with intermittent yellow patches.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.3 x 52 cm (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.86.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rose 1984, no. III.125

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1984

  • Rose, Ingrid. Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints. Munich and New York: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984, p. 324, no. III.125.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: A/P / Beginning Motion; lower right in graphite: Drewes 1944

Wikidata ID

Q65578774

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