In der Wüste (In the Desert), 1859

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 12 x 34.7 cm (4 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin

Accession Number

2001.19.1

Artists / Makers

Carl Haag (artist) German, 1820 - 1915

Image Use

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Inscription

by the artist, lower left in brown wash: In der Wüste Jan: 1859; by the artist, lower right in brown wash: Carl Haag; by the artist? upper left verso in graphite: Norman; by the artist? upper right verso in graphite: 20.gs.; by the artist? upper right verso in brown wash: No 12; by the artist, lower left verso in graphite: A dead Camel / in der Wüste (not deciphered) Roten Meer / Janüar 1859

Provenance

By descent through the family of the artist; (Yvonne tan Bunzl, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

tan Bunzl, Yvonne, Ms.

Exhibition History

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005