DHMHTHP (Demeter)

1890s

Osmar Schindler

Associated Names
Osmar Schindler

Artist, German, 1869 - 1927

The image shows a woman reclined in a lateral position, with her head resting on her left hand. She has closed eyes, a relaxed expression, and long flowing hair. She is wearing a dark, patterned garment with a lighter-colored inner lining visible at the sleeves and neckline. The setting includes various flowers and plants, including daisies and tall grasses. The background is filled with more vegetation, including mature wheat stalks. The image is framed, with a decorative border that includes Greek lettering at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on cream japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.8 × 51 cm (14 7/8 × 20 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 52 × 69.2 cm (20 1/2 × 27 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.457

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 25, 1979; 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.

Inscriptions

in image, at lower center: DHMHTHP; below image, at bottom right, signed in graphite: O. Schindler; below image, at center, in graphite, by later hand: 184

Wikidata ID

Q76556960

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