Untitled, Karl Bohrmann
Karl Bohrmann
Untitled
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Karl Bohrmann

Untitled, ca. 1962 – 1964


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462 x 298 mm
Physical Description
Pencil and coloured pencil, washed in red, purple, blue and pink, and body colour on wove paper, mounted on cardboard
Inventory Number
17131
Object Number
17131 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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Karl Bohrmann referred to his drawings as “scribblings”, a term that alludes to his rapid working process and gestural style. For this untitled composition, he used a pencil to outline rectangular areas which he filled with horizontally oriented concentrations of energetic scrawls in coloured pencil. He then spread the pigments of the latter with the aid of a damp brush, creating transparent layers of colour. Zones of thickly applied white body colour contrast with these delicate constructs. The depiction of a reclining female nude at the lower edge goes almost unnoticed; her contours blend organically with the abstract composition.

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26.11.2024