Tilting Power
Catalogue
- Year
- 1981
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- composition (irreg.): 16 1/16 x 11 1/4" (40.8 x 28.6cm); sheet (irreg.): 24 x 19 1/4" (61 x 48.9cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Werner Drewes
Artist
Printmaking
Werner Drewes was an American painter and printmaker born in Germany who became known for abstract compositions combining geometric forms with a lyrical, rhythmic sensibility. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and woodcut from the 1920s onward, he developed a formal language that bridged European modernism and American abstraction. His work emphasizes color relationships and dynamic spatial arrangements structured through disciplined linear compositions.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Werner Drewes
- Year
- 1981
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- composition (irreg.): 16 1/16 x 11 1/4" (40.8 x 28.6cm); sheet (irreg.): 24 x 19 1/4" (61 x 48.9cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1981-M054121
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified