Art, literature & historyBeginning Motion
1944
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- color woodcut on japanese paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 39.3 x 52 cm (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1974.86.7
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Beginning Motion — Werner Drewes. 1944.
Medium: color woodcut on japanese paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 39.3 x 52 cm (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1974.86.7. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.