Confrontation

Werner Drewes, Confrontation, 1945, ink and gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfram U. Drewes, 2004.31.1
Werner Drewes, Confrontation, 1945, ink and gouache on paper, sheet and image: 19 7⁄8 x 26 in. (50.6 x 66.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfram U. Drewes, 2004.31.1

Artwork Details

Title
Confrontation
Artist
Date
1945
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 19 7⁄8 x 26 in. (50.6 x 66.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfram U. Drewes
Mediums
Mediums Description
ink and gouache on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
2004.31.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2004.31.1

Works by this artist (626 items)

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Werner Drewes, Central Density, 1973, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.116
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Date1973
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Werner Drewes, Pointed Brown and Floating Circles, 1933, oil, pen and ink, and pencil on wood panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.17
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Date1933
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Werner Drewes, Suspended Forms, woodcut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1977.21.11
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woodcut
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Werner Drewes, Summer Bouquet (no. 242), color woodcut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1968.9.81
Summer Bouquet (no. 242)
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color woodcut
Not on view

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