Harbor Entrance at Marseille

c. 1920

Otto Lange

Associated Names
Otto Lange

Artist, German, 1879 - 1944

The image shows an aerial view of a harbor with a bridge crossing the water. The horizon is high in the composition, with distant hills visible. The bridge is the central structure, outlined with black brushstrokes, surrounded by an urban landscape. The painting depicts movement and activity through varied line thickness and color application. A vibrant palette of blues and earth tones creates contrast, with blue waters and orange-red roofs as focal points. Industrial elements like piers and scaffolding are near the viewer, leading to a busy shipping channel with a visible ship.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over monotype on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.2 × 45.2 cm (13 7/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.345

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boettger 1919, undisc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 4, 1998; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1919

  • Boettger, Fritz. Otto Lange: Verz. seiner Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Linoleumschnitte' u. Steinzeichn. Dresden, 1919: undisc.

Inscriptions

at bottom left, in black ink: Guoler...(?)

Wikidata ID

Q76556683

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