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The image displays intersecting lines and shapes in a textured surface. The composition contains elongated, curving lines and fragmented figures that resemble horses and riders in motion. The strokes create a chaotic energy, suggesting a crowded street or marketplace.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Aufzug der Polizei von Bagdad
Paul Gangolf
- Date
- 1879-1945
- Medium
- lithograph on light grey paper
- Dimensions
- image: 27 × 23 cm (10 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.) (irregular) sheet: 50 × 37.5 cm (19 11/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2012.92.210
- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- non-representational
Provenance
(Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, June 4, 1985, lot 292); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Inscription
signed below image, at right, in graphite: Gangolf; below image, at lower right margin, in graphite: Aufzug der Polizei v Bagdad / aus Ali u Delila 1001 Nacht; at lower left margin, in graphite, by later hand: P. D. ; on verso, at left, in graphite, by later hand: 607/292 (2) / M43 036 (2); on verso, at right, in graphite: 1001 Nacht / Sweiche (?) der verschlagen Delila / Ali der Kaisenser (?)
NGA object ID 153592. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.