Was ist Gravitation? II, 1984

Title

Was ist Gravitation? II (Original Title)

Title Translation

What is Gravitation? 2

Painter

• A. R. Penck

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Acrylic on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• acrylic

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts: a.r. penck
Bezeichnet unten Mitte: Was ist Gravitation? (What is gravity) 2

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 1991.

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• figure
• line
• shape
• woman
• man
• animal

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
• 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure

Secondary

• 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 48A981 ornament ~ geometric motifs
• 48A98134 ornament ~ other curved forms
• 48A98133 ornament ~ spiral and derived from spiral, e.g.: Greek wave
• 25F3 birds
• 31A2212 eyes
• 49L1 letters, alphabet, script
• 22C4(BLACK) colours, pigments, and paints: black
• 22C4(WHITE) colours, pigments, and paints: white

Associative

• 49E222 gravitation
• 51A Existence and Modes of Existence