Künstlers Erdenwallen (The Artist’s Earthly Pilgrimage)

1834

Adolph Menzel

Associated Names
Adolph Menzel

Artist, German, 1815 - 1905

L. Sachse & Co.

Publisher

The image displays an intricate border of swirling lines and ornate shapes surrounding text in the center. The scene includes a variety of elements: a birdcage and an egg on the left, a seated figure with a rabbit-ear headdress at the top, and a figure with a horn and swirling vines on the right. In the middle, an anthropomorphic character with wings and trumpets is featured. The components form a collage that combines abstract elements with imaginative representations connected to mythical and earthly inspirations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    six lithographs on chine appliqué on wove paper, in original lithograph wrapper on light blue wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (each): 31 × 47 cm (12 3/16 × 18 1/2 in.)
    overall (wrapper): 32.5 × 48 cm (12 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.62.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased by NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on front of wrapper, in stone, at center: KÜNSTLERS ERDENWALLEN. / Componirt und lithographirt / von / A. Menzel. / Herausgegeben von / L. SACHSE & Co. / Kunst=Verlags+Handlung; on front of wrapper, in stone, at lower right: AM

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