Caption

Pack horses, print, Various figures with two horses loaded with cargo., printmaker: Marius Bauer (signed by artist), 1889, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 188 mm x width 118 mm, pack-animal, Ottoman Empire, A sepia-toned sketch shows a group of figures beneath tall, arching trees with long, sweeping branches and dense crosshatched foliage; in the foreground a figure with a wrapped head and a cloak faces inward while nearby another figure carries a large, bundled load on their back, their posture bent; additional figures stand or move toward a darker, shaded opening framed by the trunks, where a horizontal beam and a hanging cloth are visible across the gap; the ground is textured with scratch-like marks and tufts of grass, and the overall scene is rendered with expressive, linear etching strokes creating dense shadows and tangled lines throughout.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_311

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.6Mb (12.6Mb) / 9.8in x 15.7in / 2931 x 4719 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pack horses print Various figures two horses loaded cargo printmaker Marius Bauer signed artist 1889 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 188 mm x width 118 mm pack-animal Ottoman Empire sepia-toned sketch group figures beneath tall arching trees long sweeping branches dense crosshatched foliage foreground figure wrapped head cloak faces inward nearby another figure carries large bundled load back posture bent additional figures stand move darker shaded opening framed trunks horizontal beam hanging cloth visible across gap ground textured scratch- marks tufts grass scene rendered expressive linear strokes creating dense shadows tangled lines