Caption

Port Workers, Coal Carriers (original title), print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart (signed by artist), c. 1886, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 212 mm x width 156 mm, harbour, coal-shovel, A dark, heavily textured scene rendered in sepia tones shows a large silhouetted figure on the left wearing a hooded garment, facing toward the right where a horizon line and faint masts of boats appear against a lighter sky; in the foreground there are reclining figures with draped clothing and a visible head and shoulders of a person whose face is sketched with crosshatched lines, while additional rounded forms and folds of fabric occupy the lower right, all composed with dense, linear etching marks creating strong contrasts between shadowed areas and the lighter strip of water and sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B22_312

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.4Mb (12.1Mb) / 11.9in x 16.4in / 3579 x 4923 (300dpi)

Keywords

Port Workers Coal Carriers original title print printmaker Willem de Zwart signed artist c 1886 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 212 mm x width 156 mm harbour coal-shovel dark heavily textured scene rendered sepia tones large silhouetted figure left wearing hooded garment facing right horizon line faint masts boats lighter sky foreground reclining figures draped clothing visible head shoulders person face sketched crosshatched lines additional rounded forms folds fabric occupy lower right composed dense linear marks creating strong contrasts shadowed areas lighter strip water sky