A Winter Landscape Within a Jugendstil Border

1902

Hermann Hirzel

Associated Names
Hermann Hirzel

Artist, German, 1864 - 1939

The image shows a landscape with trees standing on a snow-covered terrain. In the background, there is a line of trees against the sky with birds flying. The foreground features tree trunks and bushes with fine, detailed lines and cross-hatching for texture. The color palette is black and white, emphasizing contrast. Decorative patterns frame the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink, with corrective marks in white, on two joined sheets of card

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32 x 36.4 cm (12 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
    image: 24.7 x 30.1 cm (9 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.37.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walter Unus [Heinrich] [1872-1939], Berlin. Galerie Bassenge, Berlin. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London; purchased in 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right in black ink: Hirzel; by artist, lower right of decorative border in blak ink: Hzl.; by later hand (?), verso in blue chalk ????/ für Tag; by later hand, verso lower center in graphite: 10739 / Hirzel

Markings

stamp, blue, on verso: 1902

Wikidata ID

Q64574229

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