Abstraction in Black and Red (Composition 79)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1935
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- composition 10 11/16 x 8" (27.1 x 20.4 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
Artist

Painting
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was a Dutch abstract artist and designer working primarily in geometric abstraction and constructivism from the 1920s onward. His practice encompassed painting, sculpture, and graphic design, characterized by strict rectilinear compositions and a commitment to pure abstraction as a means of formal investigation. Active across Europe during the interwar and postwar periods, he engaged with the theoretical frameworks of De Stijl and concrete abstraction.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1935
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- composition 10 11/16 x 8" (27.1 x 20.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1935-M056696
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified





