Mending the Nets

1894

Max Liebermann

Associated Names
Max Liebermann

Artist, German, 1847 - 1935

Bruno Cassirer

Publisher, German, 1872 - 1941

The image features a scene with figures seated on the ground in a flat landscape that extends into the distance. The horizon is low, emphasizing the sky filled with textured clouds. The monochromatic palette consists of black and gray shades, and loose brushstrokes suggest movement. The figures, mostly women, are engaged in various activities.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and roulette on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.6 × 31.5 cm (8 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 36 × 46.4 cm (14 3/16 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.774

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler 1934, no. 33, State iiib/iiib

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 14, 1984; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1934

  • Schiefler, Gustav. Das Graphische Werk von Max Liebermann. Berlin: Verlang von Bruno Cassirer, 1934. Reprinted by Alan Wolfsy Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1991: no. 33, iiib/iiib

Inscriptions

lettered at bottom right: Liebermann; signed below image, at right, in graphite: MLiebermann

Wikidata ID

Q76560414

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