Virginia Hills

1946

Jacob Kainen

Associated Names
Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

The image shows a perspective from a slightly elevated position, displaying rolling hills. The horizon is in the upper third of the composition and is populated by a line of trees. The brushstrokes are sketchy and dynamic, particularly evident in the clouds and vegetation depiction. The color palette is monochrome with dark and light contrasts. Uneven ground with sparse shrubbery is close to the viewer, with softly undulating hills in the background and more trees beyond the central line of trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on Van Gelden Zonen paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.9 x 27.5 cm (7 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 24 x 32 cm (9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.98.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1976, no. 51

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1976

  • Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 51.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: JK; lower left in graphite: '47 [date of printing]; lower left in graphite: Virginia Hills; lower right in graphite: Jacob Kainen; lower center in graphite: Drypoint

Markings

Wm

Wikidata ID

Q65570895

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