Untitled
Robert Michel
German, 1897–1983
1924
A compact, machine-like collage made from cut-and-pasted colored paper on board with watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil, in which Michel arranges interlocking geometric elements to explore form and movement.
What hits you first are the precise, overlapping circles and angled slashes—muted, sandy tones and fine stippled shading give the abstract shapes a tactile, engineered presence, as if peering into a small, suspended mechanism.
From 1924, this piece channels Cubist fragmentation and Constructivist interest in industrial form, using collage to turn ordinary papers and painterly marks into a modernist language that linked art to the aesthetics of machinery and design.
Medium
Cut-and-pasted colored paper on board with watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil
Dimensions
12 5/8 × 12 1/2" (32.1 × 31.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Accession
928.1983
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