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Concentric Group
Painted soon after Quiet Room (cf. inv. no. 3238), Concentric Group is one of Schlemmer's most important paintings. It is based on a cross structure but foregoes perspectival spatial projection. A near-symmetrical cross-shaped figure arrangement is set against a contrapuntal background of two light and two dark rectangles like a giant chessboard. Above the head of the central figure a naked youth …
Creator
- Oskar Schlemmer
- Oskar Schlemmer
Subject
- modern art
- painting
- group portraits
- Art of painting
- Group portrait
Type of item
- <paintings by form>
Medium
- oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Creator
- Oskar Schlemmer
- Oskar Schlemmer
Subject
- modern art
- painting
- group portraits
- Art of painting
- Group portrait
Type of item
- <paintings by form>
Medium
- oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Creation date
- 1925
- 1925
Temporal
- Modern (style or period)
Current location
- http://sws.geonames.org/6948580
Provenance
- acquired in 1950 from Juro Kubicek, Berlin
Identifier
- GER_280_006
Extent
- Höhe: 97,5 cm; Breite: 62 cm
Year
- 1925
Providing country
- Germany
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-08T09:29:03.354Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-09-08T09:29:03.354Z