Essen Seen from the Krupphaus

1920

Richard Gessner

Associated Names
Richard Gessner

Artist, German, 1894 - 1989

This is a drawing of a urban street scene with buildings and figures from an elevated perspective. The street is busy with people and surrounded by buildings. The sketch lines are dynamic, emphasizing movement, and the scene has a sense of density and urban life. The style of the drawing conveys a vibrant and chaotic city atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint worked over with blue watercolor on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.2 × 11.3 cm (6 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.3 × 25.5 cm (12 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.222

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 7, 1990; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed below image, at right, in graphite: RGessner; at lower left margin, in graphite: Probedruck

Wikidata ID

Q76556391

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