Oasis in the Desert

c.1913

Emil Orlik

Associated Names
Emil Orlik

Artist, German, 1870 - 1932

This image shows a landscape with palm trees among rocks. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, looking down a gentle slope. The horizon is high in the picture. The image has a sketch-like quality with fine lines and shading to depict the landscape's contours. Two small figures are walking along a path between rocky outcrops. The color palette is muted with warm beige tones and earthy shades.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and roulette printed in light brown on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.7 × 19.8 cm (4 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.9 × 28 cm (7 13/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.431

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schütte 1983, undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Conrad R. Graeber, Riderwood, MD); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 17, 2008; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Schütte, Margret. Emil Orlik, Graphik im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett. Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1983: undisc.

Inscriptions

signed below image, at right, in graphite: Orlik

Wikidata ID

Q76556899

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