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Propeller-Wind

A work made of collage composed of pen and brush and black ink, watercolor, and touches of gouache on cut-out sheet music, newspaper and assorted commercially printed papers laid down on cream wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of collage composed of pen and brush and black ink, watercolor, and touches of gouache on cut-out sheet music, newspaper and assorted commercially printed papers laid down on cream wove paper.

Date:

1918–19

Artist:

Robert Michel
German, 1897-1983

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Michel

Title

Propeller-Wind

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1918–1919

Medium

Collage composed of pen and brush and black ink, watercolor, and touches of gouache on cut-out sheet music, newspaper and assorted commercially printed papers laid down on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed, dated, and title on the verso, center: "R. Michel: 1918/19 WEIMAR "PROPELLER-WIND" COLLAGE"

Dimensions

94.8 × 84.5 cm (37 3/8 × 33 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer and Mr. and Mrs. Noel Rothman; Margaret Day Blake Fund

Reference Number

1985.403

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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