Ziegenbock

c. 1925

Phillip Bauknecht

Associated Names
Phillip Bauknecht

Artist, German, 1884 - 1933

This is a drawing of a goat standing in a stylized landscape. The drawing features a prominently detailed goat in the foreground, drawn with thick, contrasting lines. The goat's fur is emphasized with intricate line work. In the background, swirling lines suggest rolling hills or mountains, with a sun or moon partially obscured by stylized clouds. There is another smaller animal depicted in the scene. The overall composition has a vivid contrast between the dark lines and light paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid Japanese tissue paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 50.1 × 39.6 cm (19 3/4 × 15 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 60.7 × 46.1 cm (23 7/8 × 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.158

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laun 1992, no. 79, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Glöckner, Cologne); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 17, 1999; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Laun, Sylvia. Philipp Bauknecht (1884-1933): Leben und Werk. Frankfurt am Main, New York: Peter Lang, 1992: no. 79, only.

Inscriptions

signed and titled below image, in graphite: Handdruck "Ziegenbock" Philip Bauknecht; at lower left margin, in graphite, by later hand: 9.); stamped on verso, in blue: KIR (...) HIVATAL BUDAPEST 23

Wikidata ID

Q76556243

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