Noordenveld

2006-2008

Siemen Dijkstra

Associated Names
Siemen Dijkstra

Artist, Dutch, born 1968

The image depicts a landscape with a meadow meeting a line of trees stretching into the distance. Birch trees with white trunks are dispersed throughout, and the foliage is finely detailed. The color palette includes muted greens for the grass and trees, along with soft pinks and oranges in the sky. A dirt path on the right leads the eye through the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color reduction woodcut on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20 × 64.14 cm (7 7/8 × 25 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 32.39 × 77.79 cm (12 3/4 × 30 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.98.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: ROADS TO NOWHERE Nº 4; lower center in red pencil: NOORDENVELD; lower center in graphite: Dwingeloose Heide. Njaar ’s avonds Richting, ja waarheen eigenlijk? [Heathland near Dwingeloo. Fall, evening. Direction, yes where to really?] lower right in graphite: Sept-Okt 2006-2008 / Siemen Dijkstra kleurenhoutsnede [color woodcut]; lower right in graphite: Opl. [oplage = number of copies] no 21/36 [numbers circled in red pencil]; lower right corner in graphite: ARMSTRONG

Wikidata ID

Q77260446

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