Landscape with Trees

c. 1902

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Associated Names
Paula Modersohn-Becker

Artist, German, 1876 - 1907

The image shows a scene of a grove of trees with a slightly elevated viewpoint. The horizon is positioned below the top third of the image, revealing tree trunks and small structures or fences in the distance. The artwork uses sketch-like brushstrokes to depict circular and swirling patterns for the foliage and rippling lines for the ground. The color palette consists of shades of brown and sepia, creating a vintage and textured appearance. The incline of the land and dark outlines of the tree trunks guide the eye into the depth of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint, etching and roulette on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.8 × 13.9 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 19.1 × 21.7 cm (7 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.380

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 1919, no. 9, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased Novembere 1, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1919

  • Pauli, Gustav. Paula Modersohn-Becker. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919: no. 9, only

Inscriptions

on verso, in graphite: signiert des Kupferdrucker / "O. Felsing, Berlin" / mit Bleistift / (Berühmt graphik-Drucker) / Orig. - Radierung aus Worpswede / um 1910/20; Nr. 611965/5

Wikidata ID

Q76556770

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