Desolation

Werner Drewes, Desolation, color woodcut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1969.21.139
Werner Drewes, Desolation, color woodcut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1969.21.139

Artwork Details

Title
Desolation
Artist
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums Description
color woodcut
Classifications
Subjects
  • Skeleton
  • State of being — mood — desolation
Object Number
1969.21.139
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1969.21.139

Works by this artist (3 items)

Niles Spencer, Untitled, ca. 1920, pencil on paper mounted on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jem Hom, 1982.81.1
Untitled
Artist
Dateca. 1920
pencil on paper mounted on paper
Not on view
Niles Spencer, Western Pennsylvania (mural, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Post Office), 1938, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Post Office, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, through the General Services Administration, 1969.68
Western Pennsylvania (mural, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Post…
Artist
Date1938
oil on canvas
Not on view
Image Not Available
Hill Town, Italy
Artist
Dateca. 1922
pencil on paper
Not on view

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