Geometrical floating forms, 1925

Title

Geometrical floating forms

Painter

• Willi Baumeister

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• abstract painting
• Constructivism

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018 as a bequest from Margarethe und Klaus Posselt

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• shape
• line
• colour

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 22C4 colours, pigments, and paints
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)

Secondary

• 49D322 curved line
• 49D341 irregular quadrilateral
• 49D342(RECTANGLE) regular quadrilateral (RECTANGLE)
• 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D31 point (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry