A Tavern Garden in Rosenheim

1895

Max Liebermann

Associated Names
Max Liebermann

Artist, German, 1847 - 1935

This is a drawing of an outdoor gathering under trees. The scene shows numerous people seated at long tables. Towering trees provide shade, with sunlight creating patterns on the ground and foliage. A building is visible in the background, with open windows. The drawing is done in a monochromatic palette with a focus on contrast and shading, accentuating the texture of the trees and the gathering. The style conveys a lively yet tranquil atmosphere, typical of outdoor social gatherings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.7 × 23.2 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 46.5 cm (14 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.357

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler 1934, no. 35, State /iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, Maryland); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 9, 2005; 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

1934

  • Schiefler, Gustav. Das Graphische Werk von Max Liebermann. Berlin: Verlang von Bruno Cassirer, 1934. Reprinted by Alan Wolfsy Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1991: no 35, ii/iv

Inscriptions

below image, at right, in graphite: MLiebermann; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 1570 / 50; 5¼ / 5 echt (...) 5R; 74131c

Wikidata ID

Q76556720

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