Bridge

1916

Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Associated Names
Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Artist, Dutch, 1876 - 1923

The image displays a collection of bold, angular, and curved shapes woven into a complex pattern. The dark and light contrasts create shapes resembling a bridge over water, with strands resembling grass or reeds. The interlocking forms evoke a landscape with a bridge, houses with triangular rooftops, and vertical lines resembling tall plants.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.2 x 28.1 cm (7 15/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.6 x 41.8 cm (13 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.276

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Huussen/Henkels 1983, no. 82

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 25, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Huussen, A. H. Jr., and Herbert Henkels. Jacoba van Heemskerck 1876 - 1923: Eine expressionistische Künstlerin . The Hague, 1983: no. 82

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: JacobavanHeemskerck

Wikidata ID

Q76556513

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