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Werner Drewes

Horizontal Momentum

1974

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Werner Drewes

Horizontal Momentum

1974

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, 38 x 30 in. (96.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Wolfram U. Drewes, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1999.2
Estate of the Artist to Wolfram U. Drewes, the artist's son

Inscribed: Recto: LL 'Drewes', LR '705'; VERSO: on stretcher, upper, on masking tape, 'Acceiaration (crossed out) or Horizontal Momentum?/7155'; in black ink, 'Drewes'; on canvas, '1308' '705'; Two colored stamps on stretcher right.

Artist

Werner Drewes

1898–1984

born Canig, Germany 1899; died Reston, VA 1985
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