Selma Lagerlof Home

1926

J. J. Lankes

Associated Names
J. J. Lankes

Artist, American, 1884 - 1960

The image shows a woodcut-style depiction of a large two-story house. The front of the house is displayed straight-on, with a central balcony, columns supporting an entrance porch, and a suggested horizon at the roofline. The sky above is filled with horizontal strokes indicating clouds. The color scheme is monochrome with dark shadows and lighter areas highlighting architectural details and surrounding foliage. Vegetation is visible in the foreground, and trees frame the scene on either side.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the children of J.J. Lankes)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.07 × 30 cm (8 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.39 × 39.85 cm (12 3/4 × 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3308

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lankes 1958, no. 439

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Durham, North Carolina; J. B. Lankes (the artist's son), Hampton, Virginia, 1960; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Lankes, J.J. Woodcut Record. Unpublished (College of William and Mary Special Collection), p. 9, no. 439.

1926

  • Lagerlöf, Selma. Mårbacka. New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1926, end pages.

Inscriptions

lower right in block: [the artist's monogram]; lower left in graphite: J.J. Lankes; lower center in graphite: Selma Lagerlof's Home - Marbacka; lower right in graphite: No 2 1926; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 2; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Very few impressions 439; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 12.00

Wikidata ID

Q77010218

You may be interested in

Loading Results