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Werner Drewes
Apocalyptic Beasts
1945
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Artist
Werner Drewes
(American, b. Germany, 1899–1985)
- Title Apocalyptic Beasts
- Date 1945
- Medium Etching
- Edition description 10/30
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Dimensions
sheet | 17 11/16 x 10 7/16 in.
- Credit line Gift of the artist, 1984
- Object number WU 1984.7
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Technique
etching
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Work type
print
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Theme
Exile, Migration, and Displacement
Caught By Politics: Art of the 1930s and 1940s
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/19/2001 - 03/18/2001
1984
Werner Drewes
Inscription Recto, lower right:
Inscription Recto, lower right, in graphite:
Inscription Recto, lower left, in graphite:
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