Tom Mix I

1920s

Paul Gangolf

Associated Names
Paul Gangolf

Artist, German, German, 1879 - 1936

The image shows a group of figures near the center, drawn in a sketch-like style. The viewpoint is flat, allowing easy engagement with the figures. The horizon is high, with hills and mountains in the background. The line work emphasizes form and outline, using a grayscale color palette. In the distance, the landscape continues with texture and shading, providing depth and continuity beyond the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25 × 31 cm (9 13/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
    plate: 12 × 16 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.215

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rathenau 1964, no. 38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 2006; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1964

  • Rathenau, Ernest. Im Memoriam Paul Gangolf. Berlin: Euphorin Verlag, 1964, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: TOM MIX; lower right in plate: PG [monogram]; signed by artist. lower right under platemark, in graphite: Gangolf; by artist, lower left under platemark, in graphite: Epr. d'art. (Tap. d'Arche); by later hand, lower right, in graphite: Tom Mix; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: Rathenau 38 / Tom Mix I G 246/401-21323; by later hand, lower left verso, in ballpoint pen: 9)

Wikidata ID

Q76556372

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