Collection Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition

Arnold Topp, Artist Bauhaus, Weimar and Mueller, and Company, Publisher
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Abstract Composition
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About the Artwork

Abstract Composition

1921

Arnold Topp (Artist) German, 1887-1960 Bauhaus, Weimar and Mueller, and Company (Publisher) German

Woodcut

Image: 11 × 8 3/8 inches (27.9 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 14 7/8 × 12 3/8 inches (37.8 × 31.4 cm)

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Bequest of Cleo K. Gruber in memory of Lester A. Gruber

F1985.65

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Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right, Arnold Topp 21

Blindstamp, at lower left, Bauhaus signet, Sternenmannchen, reading: STAATLICHES BAUHAUS WEIMAR

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Cleo K. Gruber;
1985-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Wingler, H.M. Die Mappenwerke, Neue Europaische Graphik. Mainz and Berlin, 1965, p. 148 (pl. 41) [III/13].

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Arnold Topp, Abstract Composition, 1921, woodcut. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Cleo K. Gruber in memory of Lester A. Gruber, F1985.65.

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