Ruhende Zigeuner

1918

Maria Uhden

Associated Names
Maria Uhden

Artist, German, 1892 - 1918

This is a painting of a stylized scene featuring a wagon and animals under a night sky. The scene depicts a gypsy wagon or caravan with oversized wheels, set against a starry sky with a crescent moon and several stars, including a shooting star. Below, a horse seems to be grazing on the grass in the foreground. The figures in the painting are abstract, emphasizing form over realistic portrayal, with bold lines and contrasting black and white spaces.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 25.7 x 20.1 cm (10 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.2 x 30.5 cm (16 1/4 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.336

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hofmann 1994, no. 7 (1918), State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist. (Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, March 31, 2001, lot 627); Jacob Kainen [1909-2001], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4737); gift to NGA, 2002. [1]
[1] The donor file contains another receipt for the present composition from E. Weyhe, Inc., New York, dated January 25, 1972.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Hofmann, Karl-Ludwig, Präger, Christmut. Maria Uhden 1892-1918 : Briefe, Zeugnisse und Verzeichnis der nachgelassenen Werke. Berlin : Brinkmann & Bose, 1994: no. 7 (1918), only

Inscriptions

lower right in block: MU; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Aus dem Nachlass Maria Uhden / [not deciphered] 1918; by later hand, lower right center in graphite: Ruhende Ziguener

Wikidata ID

Q76348102

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