Project St. Paul’s Church, 1987

Title

Project St. Paul’s Church

Painter

• A. R. Penck

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• abstract painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

emulsion paint on nettle

Material

• nettle cloth

Technique

• art of painting

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 2007, anonymous

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• figure
• man
• shape
• line
• solid
• sign

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 22C4(BLACK) colours, pigments, and paints: black
• 22C4(WHITE) colours, pigments, and paints: white
• 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)

Secondary

• 47D8(HAMMER) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer
• 45C11(SPEAR) casting weapons: spear
• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry
• 49D371 ellipse
• 49D33 triangle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D342(SQUARE) regular quadrilateral: square
• 49D31 point (~ planimetry, geometry)