Untitled, Bernard Schultze
Bernard Schultze
Untitled
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Bernard Schultze

Untitled, ca. 1948


Blatt
209 x 297 mm
Physical Description
Pencil on slightly yellowish wove paper
Inventory Number
17158
Object Number
17158 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Texts

About the Work

In 1947, after returning from the war, Bernard Schultze moved to Frankfurt am Main. It was there that, presumably around 1948, he executed this rather surrealistic pencil drawing of a fantastical creature in a wide dream landscape. In the years that followed, taking inspiration from Wols (Städel Museum, Inv. No. SG 3385), Schultze emancipated himself more and more from figural and representational depiction. Now his works came to be dominated increasingly by dense webs of widely branching lines and layered traces of paint, as seen in his drawing for the book "Quadriga" (Städel Museum, Inv. No. SG 4150B).

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Untitled
Draughtsman
Period Produced
Object Type
Physical Description
Pencil on slightly yellowish wove paper
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Verso bezeichnet rechts (mit Bleistift): Zehn Jahre nach / viel besser / auch in größerem Format / auch [durchgestrichen] mit Feder aus-/geführt
Watermark
  • Nicht vorhanden

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary
  • 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
  • 47D(+0) machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances (+ variant)
  • 41E(+0) still life of miscellaneous objects (+ variant)
  • 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History
Schenkung des Künstlers an Esther Hess
Schenkung an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2013.

Information

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Last update

13.03.2024