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An abstract composition with curving and rectilinear shapes

A horizontal rectangle composition features curving shapes against, and intersecting with a background of hard geometric shapes. At center, a yellow shape bulges outward to the left, and at right, extends to a narrowing pointed beak-like shape. At left, adjacent to this is a twisting bow shape, black on its upper curve and yellow below. Both shapes are overlaid with bands of color that bend at right angles. Paler colored blue and gray bands run across the background, some horizontal and some slanting, some appearing opaque, and some transparent where they intersect.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.338
People
Andor Weininger, American (Karancs, Hungary 1899 - 1986 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1931
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218016

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache, black ink, watercolor, and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
29.6 x 39.9 cm (11 5/8 x 15 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.r.: W A. Weininger. 1931
  • inscription: Signed on front, lower right: W

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Eva Weininger
Copyright
© Estate of Andor Weininger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.338
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/01/2018 - 12/10/2018

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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