Ariadne from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Gerhard AltenbourgWW-1973-M052347

1973·Woodcut from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts·composition (irreg.): 17 3/16 x 27 5/16" (43.6 x 69.3cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 30 3/16" (57 x 76.6cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1973
Medium: Woodcut from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 17 3/16 x 27 5/16" (43.6 x 69.3cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 30 3/16" (57 x 76.6cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Gerhard Altenbourg

Artist

Gerhard Altenbourg

Drawing

Gerhard Altenbourg was a German draftsman whose work emerged from a practice rooted in drawing as both intimate observation and formal experiment. Working primarily in pencil and ink, he developed a distinctive visual language that moved between figuration and abstraction, often incorporating gestural marks and layered compositions. Based in East Germany throughout his career, Altenbourg maintained an independent artistic vision despite the constraints of the Cold War era. His drawings reveal a deep engagement with line, texture, and the expressive potential of the paper surface itself.

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