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| Werner Drewes Sanssouci, Potsdam 1919 linocut Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Stars 1921 hand-colored woodcut Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Skyscraper under Construction, San Francisco 1926 drypoint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Temple Emanuel, San Francisco 1926 etching and aquatint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Oakland: Shredded Wheat Plant II 1926 drypoint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Chicago: Grain Elevator IV 1926 drypoint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Composition II 1934 woodcut Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Building in Space 1938 color woodblock print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Untitled 1941 gouache and collage on paper Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Broken Forms 1943 color woodblock print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Self Portrait 1947 color woodblock print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Floating Seeds 1951 woodcut and monoprint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Rotterdam ca. 1965 color woodblock print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Beach Treasure before 1968 color woodblock print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Central Density 1973 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Acrobatics 1974 color woodblock print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Werner Drewes Untitled 1985 monoprint and blockprint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
from The Consolation of Philosophy
Who truly longs the truth to see
Nor would with errour blinded bee,
Inward lett him bend his sight,
And to himselfward turne the light,
And teach his minde to find, the things
Shee seekes without, in her owne springs.
So what was clowded late will soone
Be cleere and open as the Noone.
The soule, in Earthy matter drencht,
Has not all her fyer quencht.
Some sparks of truth doe still remaine,
Which learning fanns into a flame.
For how could wee so readyly
Sometimes to questions reply
Wee ne're were taught, unless some Ray
Undrowned in the bottome lay?
And if that Plato be divine
His Muse doth learning thus define
To bee a rubbing up of what
Wee knew before and had forgott.
– Boethius (AD 476-524), translated by Richard Fanshawe (ca. 1625)


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