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Catalogue
- Year
- 1958
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 71 x 14.6 cm (27 15/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Gerhard Altenbourg
Artist
Drawing
Gerhard Altenbourg was a German draftsman whose work emerged from a practice rooted in drawing as both intimate observation and formal experiment. Working primarily in pencil and ink, he developed a distinctive visual language that moved between figuration and abstraction, often incorporating gestural marks and layered compositions. Based in East Germany throughout his career, Altenbourg maintained an independent artistic vision despite the constraints of the Cold War era. His drawings reveal a deep engagement with line, texture, and the expressive potential of the paper surface itself.
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Noble Distance (Erleuchtende Weite)
1977 · Woodcut
Ariadne from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)
1973 · Woodcut from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts
Garden Behind the Spinnbahn, End of February (Gartenkolonie hinter der Spinnbahn, Ende Februar)
1956 · Ink, lithographic crayon, and watercolor on paper on canvas
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- Gerhard Altenbourg
- Year
- 1958
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 71 x 14.6 cm (27 15/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1958-001289
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
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