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Werner Drewes
UNTITLED

1934

About the Item

WERNE DREWES (1899-1985) UNTITLED, 1934 Woodcut on paper, Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Ed. 15/20. Image 13 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches. Full sheet, 17 x 12 1/8 inches deckle edge on 2 sides. At nice early abstract woodcut by Drewes in very good condition and in a small edition. PROVENANCE: Dr. Cornelius Osgood, Professor and Curator of Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Mrs. Soo Sui-Ling Osgood, Hamden, Connecticut, by descent from the above;
  • Creator:
    Werner Drewes (1899-1985, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1934
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.375 in (33.98 cm)Width: 11.125 in (28.26 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Monica, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU411310570282

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