Gostritz

1924

Bernhard Kretzschmar

Associated Names
Bernhard Kretzschmar

Artist, German, 1889 - 1972

The image shows a street scene with buildings and people walking along a road. The perspective is slightly elevated, with buildings and a horizon visible in the background. The etching technique uses fine lines and cross hatching for texture and shadows. The color scheme is monochrome with shades of black and gray. A tall building is on the left, and people are walking on the road. In the distance, smaller houses with chimney smoke are visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 × 28.5 cm (9 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 34 × 46.3 cm (13 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.340

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schmidt 1980, Vol. (R), no. 150, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 26, 1977; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Schmidt, Gudrun. Bernhard Kretzschmar: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik 1914 bis 1969. Berlin: Galerie Arkade, 1981: no. 150, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: Handdruck (?); below image, at right, in graphite: B. Kretzschmar 24

Wikidata ID

Q76556667

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