Curves Purple, August 14, 1983

Title

Curves Purple

Draughtsman

• Hermann Glöckner

Verso

Curves Purple

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Wax crayon in purple on laid Japanese paper

Material

• wax crayon
• Vergé paper
• japanese paper

Technique

• wax crayon drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): 14.8.83; verso monogrammiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts: Am Anfang / HG [ligiert] / 83

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): 2968

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 as a gift from Margarethe and Klaus Posselt

Genre

• abstraction

Primary

• 5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts