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Construction
Artist
Werner Drewes
(American, b. Germany, 1899 - 1985)
Date1944
MediumEngraving and soft-ground etching
DimensionsOverall Inches: image: 14-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches, sheet: 17-7/8 x 11 inches; Overall Centimeters: image: 37.7 x 17.4 cm, sheet: 45.3 x 27.8 cm
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2012.55
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEngraving
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right: Drewes
Inscribedbottom left corner: VERTICAL; bottom left: 11/30; bottom right: xx.
Edition11/30
Exhibition HistoryA Way Through: Abstract Art of the 1940s, Palmer Museum of Art, January 15–May 15, 2022Published ReferencesAdam M. Thomas, "University Park, Pennsylvania—A Way Through: Abstract Art of the 1940s," American Art Review 33, no. 4 (2021): 107 (ill., color), 109.