Foliage Study with Reed and Hops

1826/1828

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Associated Names
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Artist, German, 1759 - 1835

The image shows a collection of large leaves and plants in the foreground. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of shades of black and white. Large leaves with curled edges are visible, with varying shades of shading and textures. The leaves overlap each other, stretching upward and outward. Smaller clusters of foliage and delicate fronds can be seen behind and around the larger leaves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.1 x 27.3 cm (7 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.9 x 39.6 cm (10 3/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.326

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Martens 1976, no. 78, State i

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C. Ahrens (not in Lugt). (C.G. Boerner, New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 10, 1997; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1920

  • Jentsch, Ernst. "Der Radierer Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1757 Berlin-1835 Dessau." Unpublished dissertation. Breslau, 1920: no. 229.

1976

  • Martens, Ulf. Der Zeichner und Radierer C. W. Kolbe. Berlin, 1976: no. 78, i.

Inscriptions

below image, in graphite, by a later hand: No 443. 2. M. 4. Ablh. no. 23. Kat. 1(?). Bd. pag. 162. No 4243. C. W. Kolbe fec.

Wikidata ID

Q76556632

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