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A geometric design in clean lines and shapes on a tan background

A roughly square shape rendered in thin black lines is subdivided into four main sections which in turn are crisscrossed with various lines and shapes or blocks of black or primary colors. In each of the lower left and upper right sections, wedge shaped planes emanate from center growing wider toward the corners of the square, and each intersects two circles at the center of those sections. Conversely, the sections at upper left and lower right each have a cube shape shown in perspective, each appearing to get smaller toward the center of the square.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.316
People
Andor Weininger, American (Karancs, Hungary 1899 - 1986 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Homage to Lissitzky (Opposing Perspectives)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Gegenperspektiven
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1926
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218278

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, colored pencil, black, blue, and red inks, gouache, and watercolor on tan wove paper
Dimensions
25 x 30.3 cm (9 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
image: 16 x 16 cm (6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in red ink at l.l.: A. Weininger 1926 Dessau
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Weininger 1926 Dessau
  • inscription: l.r., blue ink, in artist's hand: Titel (Gegenperspektiven!) "Homage to Lissitzky"

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
1996.316
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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