Hunting the Seamonster

Werner Drewes

Caption

Werner Drewes (American, born Germany, 1899–1984). Hunting the Seamonster, 1938. Woodcut on wove paper, Plate: 4 5/16 x 2 7/8 in. (11 x 7.3 cm) Sheet: 17 x 10 5/8 in. (43.2 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Martin Diamond Fine Arts Inc. and the artist, 77.105. © Estate of Werner Drewes.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Hunting the Seamonster

Date

1938

Medium

Woodcut on wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Plate: 4 5/16 x 2 7/8 in. (11 x 7.3 cm) Sheet: 17 x 10 5/8 in. (43.2 x 27 cm)

Signatures

Signed, and dated lower right "Drewes, 1938 Sculpt., 1977 imp."

Markings

Lower right, "1938 sculpt." "1977 imp."

Credit Line

Gift of Martin Diamond Fine Arts Inc. and the artist

Accession Number

77.105

Rights

© Estate of Werner Drewes

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