"Homunkulus" oder "Ich bins!!!", 1983

Title

"Homunkulus" oder "Ich bins!!!" (Original Title)

Title Translation

"Homunculus" or "It's me !!!"

Artist

• Otto Hofmann

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• abstract painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

oil on canvas on wood

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Otto Hofmann

Acquisition

Acquired in 2020 as a gift from Helga Knoll

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• shape
• colour
• animal

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 25F animals
• 22C4 colours, pigments, and paints

Secondary

• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry
• 49D33 triangle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 41A711 table
• 25H1131 mound, verge

Associative

• 25H landscapes