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Landwehr Canal, Berlin

1921

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names

Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image depicts a detailed urban scene with a large arched bridge, a canal with a boat, trees, pathways, tiny figures showing human activity, tall structures like chimneys, and an elevated railway. The monochromatic color palette emphasizes the contrasts of the cityscape.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.6813
Catalogue Raisonné

Wuerth 1931, no. 602

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

Wuerth, Louis A. Catalogue of the Lithographs of Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1931.

Wikidata ID

Q65022510

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