Composition

© Willi Baumeister / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Composition

Currently not on view

Composition,

ca. 1940-46

Willi Baumeister, 1889–1955; born and died Stuttgart, Germany
y1976-20

Information

Title
Composition
Dates

ca. 1940-46

Maker
Willi Baumeister
Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
53 x 66 cm (20 7/8 x 26 in.) frame: 68 x 80 x 5 cm (26 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon O. Chadwick, Class of 1938
Object Number
y1976-20
Signatures
Signed, upper left: Baumeister 5. 46
Culture
German
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, academy board
Subject
trees, figures (representations), birds

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