Woman with the Basket or Potato Harvester

1886

Willem Arnold Witsen

Associated Names
Willem Arnold Witsen

Artist, Dutch, 1860 - 1923

The image shows a woman depicted from her head to her mid-calves, engaged in a bending position. Her head is turned downward, and her long dark hair is tied back, with a few strands blowing across her face. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress that appears to be made of a dark, heavy fabric. She is holding a basket with her right hand and a sack in her left, which is placed on the ground. Her shoes are visible, appearing as light-colored clogs. The background consists of an open field with a building or structure faintly visible on the horizon, under an overcast sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35 × 24 cm (13 3/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 33.9 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.61.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    de Groot 2003, no. 26, State iii or iv/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • de Groot, Irene M. et al. Willem Witsen, 1860-1923, schilderijen, tekeningen, prenten, foto's. Bossum, 2003: no. 26, iii or iv/ix

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in black ink, in later hand: W. W. '87

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

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