Werner Drewes

Wild Emotion
1934

A black and white abstract woodcut print featuring dynamic, intersecting lines and shapes, with a checkerboard pattern in the center and crescent shapes on the right side. The artwork conveys a sense of movement and has a title "Wild Emotion" inscribed at the bottom along with the artist's signature and the year 1953.
A black and white abstract woodcut print featuring dynamic, intersecting lines and shapes, with a checkerboard pattern in the center and crescent shapes on the right side. The artwork conveys a sense of movement and has a title "Wild Emotion" inscribed at the bottom along with the artist's signature and the year 1953.

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Date
1934

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular, Sight): 11 × 14 7/8in. (27.9 × 37.8 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 11 9/16in. (24.1 × 29.4 cm)

Accession number
92.120

Edition
Ed. 10

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Werner Drewes
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