From the Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam: Fishmarket on the Street Corner

1908

Max Liebermann

Associated Names
Max Liebermann

Artist, German, 1847 - 1935

This is a drawing of an indoor market scene. The image shows a group of figures gathered around tables holding goods for sale. The drawing is executed with sketch-like lines creating a sense of movement and activity. The background indicates a busy market atmosphere with more individuals in the densely packed area. The use of shading and line work suggests depth and the crowded nature of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on heavy wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.8 × 30.6 cm (9 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 39.4 × 60 cm (15 1/2 × 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler 1934, no. 77, State iiia/iiib

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustav Schiefler, Hamburg. (Conrad R. Graber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 11, 2003; 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. 77, iiia/iiib

Inscriptions

below image, in right, in graphite: MLiebermann; at the bottom left of the sheet, in graphite: III Etat (...) (?); on verso, in graphite, by later hand: (...) Judenviertel Sch 77 IIIa

Wikidata ID

Q76348630

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