Thunderstorm (Small)

1896

Emil Orlik

Associated Names
Emil Orlik

Artist, German, 1870 - 1932

The image is an etching showing a rural landscape. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, looking over the scene. Tall trees dominate the left side, against the sky. The etching style uses fine lines and cross-hatching for texture. The color scheme is monochromatic, using shades of sepia and black. A pathway with two figures, possibly a woman and a child, is in the foreground. Farther away, fields and more trees lead to the horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.2 × 11.1 cm (2 13/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 13.6 × 18.3 cm (5 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.430

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schütte 1983, no. 42, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Glöckner, Cologne); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 11, 1992; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Schütte, Margret. Emil Orlik, Graphik im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett. Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1983: no. 42, only

Inscriptions

signed and dated below image, at right, in graphite: Orlik 96; lettered in image, at bottom left: OR

Wikidata ID

Q76556897

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