id: 157075 accession number: 1993.210 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.210 updated: 2022-01-04 17:13:13.645000 MEZ (Middle-European Time), 1919-20. Robert Michel (German, 1897-1983). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.210 title: MEZ (Middle-European Time) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1919-20 creation date earliest: 1919 creation date latest: 1920 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, 20th century technique: woodcut department: Prints collection: PR - Woodcut type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Robert Michel (German, 1897-1983) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00 Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Catherine Burns Fine Art, Berkeley, CA) date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 6, 1993 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: MEZ is one of a set of four woodcuts Michel executed in Weimar, the site of the Bauhaus, a progressive art school where the goal was to amalgamate the natural sciences, technology, and art. Michel, who had been a test pilot, shared these aims, associating the function of mechanical parts with the dynamism of modern life and the idea that a new world would rise from the ashes of World War I. MEZ, which is an abbreviation for Middle-European Time, involves elements of time. The spinning mechanical discs and cogs that appear to rotate in a never-ending motion suggest time's continual state of flux. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES