Caption

Two workers at a sand quarry, print, Two men in work clothes and with hats. In the foreground, a man is wrapping a rope around a post by pushing off against the post with his foot. In the background, a sand dune, a canal, and a wooden fence, where the other man is standing., printmaker: Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1902, inorganic material, paper, pencil, chalk, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, engraving and plate tone with corrections in pencil and black chalk, height 240 mm x width 295 mm, tools, aids, implements, crafts and industries: rope, working class, labourers, A detailed monochrome etching shows a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and loose clothing reclining against wooden planks, his head tilted and eyes closed, with visible facial lines and stubble; his hands rest on his lap, one gripping a long stick that extends diagonally across the image. Behind him another figure leans forward against the same wooden structure, wearing a striped shirt and a brimmed cap, seen from the back. The foreground and surrounding area contain piled sacks or bundled cloth with textured folds and coarse fabric, and sections of rough wooden boards and beams forming a crate or cart. In the distant left background a low, undulating landscape with a shoreline and rock formations is visible beneath a plain, light sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A88_079

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.1Mb (10.5Mb) / 16.1in x 14.1in / 4817 x 4215 (300dpi)

Keywords

Two workers sand quarry print Two men work clothes hats foreground man wrapping rope post pushing off foot background sand dune canal wooden fence standing printmaker Johannes Josephus Aarts 1902 inorganic material paper pencil chalk engraving intaglio printmaking technique plate tone corrections black chalk height 240 mm x width 295 mm tools aids implements crafts industries working class labourers detailed monochrome etching man wearing wide-brimmed hat loose clothing reclining wooden planks head tilted eyes closed visible facial lines stubble hands rest lap gripping long stick extends diagonally across image another figure leans forward wooden structure wearing striped shirt brimmed cap back surrounding area contain piled sacks bundled cloth textured folds coarse fabric sections rough wooden boards beams forming crate cart distant left low undulating landscape shoreline rock formations visible beneath plain light sky