Street II
1913
Medium
drypoint on wove cream paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.9 × 13.9 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet: 33.6 × 25.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.31
Art Historical Context
**Street II** *Ludwig Meidner, 1913* Drypoint on wove cream paper *National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen* Visitors to the National Gallery of Art will encounter Ludwig Meidner's *Street II* (1913), a dynamic drypoint print that pulses with the raw energy of early 20th-century urban life. Measuring a compact plate size of 14.9 × 13.9 cm on a larger sheet of 33.6 × 25.2 cm, this intimate work belongs to Meidner's seminal "Apocalyptic Landscapes" series, created just before World War I erupted. As a German Expressionist associated with the Der Sturm circle, Me...