An abstract design featuring geometric and biomorphic shapes.

A vertical rectangle is subdivided into five sections, with a pale violet rhombus occupying most of the center, long white triangles that push in from the left and right sides, and darker colored irregular rectangle shapes at top and bottom. Black horizontal bars jut in from the left and right sides, and white bars come in from top and bottom. At center left is a long tan diagonal rectangle, the top of which has a scroll shape, similar to an elongated violin head. At center right is a large tan irregular notched rectangle overlaid with a smaller white curvilinear shape, which itself contains smaller shapes.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.336
People
Andor Weininger, American (Karancs, Hungary 1899 - 1986 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1935
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217958

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache, black ink, and graphite on tan cardboard
Dimensions
28.5 x 21.1 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.r.: W 35
  • inscription: verso, u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 1935

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
1996.336
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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