Alstertal vor Wellingsbüttel

1900

Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies

Associated Names
Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies

Artist, German, 1870 - 1952

The image shows a landscape viewed from an elevated perspective. The scenery includes a row of trees, village buildings, and a windmill towards the right. The style of the artwork is similar to woodblock prints, with detailed brushstrokes depicting textures in the grassy and shrubbed areas. The color palette is monochrome, with various shades of gray and black. A body of water reflects light in the foreground, leading the viewer's eye into the image. The land rises towards the horizon, filled with foliage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.1 x 24.8 cm (11 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 59 x 40.1 cm (23 1/4 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.292

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler 1970, no. 75

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 25, 1978; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Schiefler, Gustav. Das graphische Werk von Arthur Illies. Hamburg, 1970: no.75.

Wikidata ID

Q76556550

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