Caption

Shrubs on a sand drift, print, signature: 'Witsen', printmaker: Willem Witsen (signed by artist), c. 1891, paper, etching, aquatint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 139 mm x width 199 mm, dunes (sea not visible), in the dunes, shrubs, A textured landscape rendered in muted brown and beige tones shows a dark, jagged cliff on the left with densely crosshatched foliage and bare branches at its top, sloping down into a rough, undulating foreground of ground marked by scattered, irregular dark patches and sketchy strokes, while a pale, empty sky fills the upper right and a small rocky rise with a few thin, upright plant forms appears near the right edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_299

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.6Mb (10.9Mb) / 15.5in x 10.4in / 4646 x 3127 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shrubs sand drift print signature Witsen printmaker Willem Witsen signed artist c 1891 paper etching aquatint intaglio printmaking technique height 139 mm x width 199 mm dunes sea visible shrubs textured landscape rendered muted brown beige tones dark jagged cliff left densely crosshatched foliage bare branches top sloping down rough undulating foreground ground marked scattered irregular patches sketchy strokes pale empty sky fills upper right small rocky rise thin upright plant forms near right edge