A Drilling Hut at Nightfall

1900

Felix Hollenberg

Associated Names
Felix Hollenberg

Artist, German, 1868 - 1945

The image displays a landscape with a large building with a steep, pyramid-like roof to the left. Trees create a dark silhouette on the horizon. The sky has textured clouds, likely on an overcast day. The intricate technique creates depth and texture, particularly in the sky. The color palette is monochrome with shades of gray and black. Two figures on the right walk towards the building.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint and roulette on buff wove ppaer

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.16 x 30 cm (7 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.5 x 38 cm (10 7/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.296

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schahl 1968: no. 68

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1968

  • Schahl, Adolf. Felix Hollenberg: Das graphische Werk. Munich, 1968: no. 68 CHECK ILL

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Felix Hollenberg; lower left in graphite: 68 ** / **

Wikidata ID

Q76556560

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