Aus der Thungasse in Prag (From the Thungasse in Prague)

1907

Carl Thiemann

Associated Names
Carl Thiemann

Artist, German, 1881 - 1966

The image displays a narrow alleyway flanked by tall buildings. The viewer is led down the cobblestone path towards the obscured horizon, with buildings rising on both sides. Buildings cast shadows on the right side, suggesting a specific time of day. The artist uses bold brushstrokes to create texture, especially on the building facades. The color palette includes deep blues and purples in shadowed areas contrasting with warm yellows and oranges in the light. The sky is clear, providing a backdrop to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid Japanese tissue paper, attached to a black cardboard support sheet and to a sheet of grey felt

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.8 × 24.8 cm (7 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    support: 49.4 × 38.2 cm (19 7/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.483

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Thiemann-Stoedtner 1970, Vol. (FH), no. 4, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Glöckner, Cologne); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased December 12, 1989; 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

1970

  • Thiemann-Stoedtner, Ottilie. _ Carl Thiemann (1881-1966)_. Dachau: Hans Zauner, 1970: no. 4, only

Inscriptions

on felt, at center, in graphite: Orig. Holzschnitt / Aus der Thungasse / in Prag / Handdruck 24/30 Carl Thiemann / Geschnitten 19 (?); monogrammed in image, at lower right: CT

Wikidata ID

Q76557027

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