Caption

Camels with a driver in front of a city, print, A man holds a camel by his harness. Three more camels on the left. In the background a city with various buildings with domes., printmaker: Marius Bauer (signed by artist), 1877 - 1932, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, proof print, height 158 mm x width 237 mm, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, hoofed animals: camel, A sepia-toned sketch shows a barren landscape with irregular rocky formations and low buildings with rounded roofs in the distance, rendered with fine, overlapping pencil lines; in the foreground there are two tall, ragged figures draped in tattered cloth or straw, their forms elongated and textured with chaotic crosshatching, one figure facing forward and the other slightly turned away; nearer the left side a crouched, shrouded shape lies close to the ground beside another upright rough form, and scattered linear marks suggest uneven ground and tracks across the scene under a pale, lightly textured sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A89_499

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Rights managed

Available size

50.3Mb (10.7Mb) / 17.6in x 11.1in / 5294 x 3323 (300dpi)

Keywords

Camels driver front city print man holds camel harness Three camels left background various buildings domes printmaker Marius Bauer signed artist 1877 - 1932 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone proof print height 158 mm x width 237 mm city-view landscape man- constructions hoofed animals sepia-toned sketch barren landscape irregular rocky formations low buildings rounded roofs distance rendered fine overlapping pencil lines foreground two tall ragged figures draped tattered cloth straw forms elongated textured chaotic crosshatching figure facing forward slightly turned away nearer left side crouched shrouded shape lies close ground beside another upright rough form scattered linear marks suggest uneven ground tracks across scene under pale lightly sky