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Werner Drewes

Dark Vertical Formation

1973

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Werner Drewes

Dark Vertical Formation

Werner Drewes

Dark Vertical Formation

1973

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 × 40 1/8 in. (76.5 × 101.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Wolfram U. Drewes, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1998.530
Estate of the Artist to Wolfram Drewes, the artist's son

Inscribed: RECTO: LL 'DREWES'; LR '704' VERSO: on canvas (above) '1280 (in rectangle)/704'; on stretcher (in black ink),'Drewes G-20857'; on masking tape, 'Dark Vertical Formation/7134'; two stickers from Meridith Long & Co. Houston Texas (20857), in pencil on right 'Ret. 1980', on left 'Meridith Long Contemporary, NY (ML 38578), sticker, right stretcher 'Wolfs/Gift 1979/W/G'

Artist

Werner Drewes

1898–1984

born Canig, Germany 1899; died Reston, VA 1985
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