Caption

A rain shower (original title), Rain shower over the rice fields near Gitgit on Bali, print, In the background the Java Sea., printmaker: Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (signed by artist), 1908-06, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint and plate tone on copper, proof print, height 158 mm x width 237 mm, coast, sawahs, rice paddies, downpour, rain shower, Bali, Gitgit, Java Sea, A wide pencil landscape showing a distant horizon over calm water beneath layered clouds, with long diagonal rain strokes falling from darker storm clouds on the right; below the sky, textured fields and marshes extend toward the water, with clusters of densely sketched trees and low hedgerows, curved terraces and raised grassy banks in the foreground, a few small birdlike figures on the shore, and large detailed leaves and plant forms at the lower right merging into the landscape.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B21_193

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Rights managed

Available size

49.8Mb (12.0Mb) / 17.8in x 10.9in / 5336 x 3260 (300dpi)

Keywords

rain shower original title Rain shower rice fields near Gitgit Bali print background Java Sea printmaker Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp signed artist 1908-06 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique plate tone copper proof print height 158 mm x width 237 mm coast sawahs rice paddies downpour rain shower Gitgit wide pencil landscape showing distant horizon calm water beneath layered clouds long diagonal rain strokes falling darker storm clouds right sky textured fields marshes extend water clusters densely sketched trees low hedgerows curved terraces raised grassy banks foreground small birdlike figures shore large detailed leaves plant forms lower right merging landscape