Crystallic Form, from Variations on a Dance Motif
Catalogue
- Year
- 1944
- Medium
- Color woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.2 × 39.8 cm (9 15/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 45.9 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Werner Drewes
Artist
Printmaking
Werner Drewes was an American painter and printmaker born in Germany who became known for abstract compositions combining geometric forms with a lyrical, rhythmic sensibility. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and woodcut from the 1920s onward, he developed a formal language that bridged European modernism and American abstraction. His work emphasizes color relationships and dynamic spatial arrangements structured through disciplined linear compositions.
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- Werner Drewes
- Year
- 1944
- Medium
- Color woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.2 × 39.8 cm (9 15/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 45.9 cm (12 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1944-088671
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified