Forellenweiher (Trout Pond)

c. 1890

Franz von Stuck

Associated Names
Franz von Stuck

Artist, German, 1863 - 1928

The image shows a view of a body of water with trees along the water's edge. The brushstrokes are dense and textured, creating shadows and light reflecting on the water. The color palette consists of dark, muted tones with blacks and grays. The water reflects the trees and sky, with darker tones in the foreground and lighter tones in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.8 × 22.3 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 42.4 × 36 cm (16 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.482

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hardtwig 1997, no. 44, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Marilyn Pink Master Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 16, 1983; 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

1997

  • Hardtwig, Barbara. Franz von Stuck: Die Sammlung des Museums Villa Stuck. Eurasberg: Edition Minerva, 1997: no. 44, only

Inscriptions

lettered at lower left: FRANZ STUCK; lettered at lower center: FORELLENWEIHER; below image, at right, signed in graphite: Franz Stuck

Wikidata ID

Q76557024

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