Nasturtiums

1896

Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies

Associated Names
Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies

Artist, German, 1870 - 1952

The image displays large, stylized floral designs with curved stems and rounded leaves, arranged across the composition. The color palette consists predominantly of soft green and vibrant orange-yellow tones, with the outlines and veins providing contrast. Flowers and leaves are positioned naturally along winding stems, with floral elements stretching from the left to the upper right, and leaves spread across the bottom of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching in yellow and green from multiple plates on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.13 × 12.5 cm (5 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.2 × 26 cm (13 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.301

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler 1970, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Arthur Illies (not in Lugt). (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.22.

Inscriptions

on verso, in graphite: 506; 1757

Wikidata ID

Q76556571

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