Studie zum Porro, 1954

Title

Studie zum Porro (Original Title)

Title Translation

Study for the ‘Porro’

Draughtsman

• Hann Trier

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and brush in black on wove paper

Material

• watercolours
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• vellum paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• composition study
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): hT [ligiert] 54; bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Studie zum Porro

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• P M FABRIANO

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Kunststiftung Hann Trier / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Genre

• abstraction
• study

Main Motif

• line
• shape
• movement (design element)

Primary

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

Associative

• 43C942 folk dancing (men and women together)
• 61D(CARRIBEAN SEA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (CARRIBEAN SEA) (CARRIBEAN SEA)