Landscape with a Sun

c. 1915

Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Associated Names
Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Artist, Dutch, 1876 - 1923

The image consists of bold, angular lines and shapes against a vibrant background. Thick black outlines create geometric forms resembling sails or flags. The composition features contrasting colors, including a warm orange background and cool blues and reds in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.1 x 16 cm (4 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 37 cm (10 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.277

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Huussen/Henkels 1983, undesc

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: undesc.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: XVI JacobavanHeemskerck No. 4; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 112.50; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Jacoba van Heemskerck

Wikidata ID

Q76556514

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