Ruins by a pond (Lage Vuursche) (original title), print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart, c. 1896, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 151 mm x width 150 mm, landscape with ruins, pond, pool, Lage Vuursche, A monochrome etching showing a ruined stone facade set within a dense wooded scene, with an arched doorway at the center flanked by two small rectangular openings and surrounded by rough masonry; slender tree trunks and tangled branches rise around and behind the ruin, their foliage and bark indicated by short, sketchy hatch marks; the ground in front of the building slopes down toward a reflective horizontal plane that mirrors the doorway and surrounding lines; scratchy crosshatching and parallel strokes create textured shadows and undergrowth across the forest floor and along the walls, and a larger, darker rock or root mass sits near the right foreground among more irregular vegetation strokes.
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Ruins by a pond (Lage Vuursche) (original title), print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart, c. 1896, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 151 mm x width 150 mm, landscape with ruins, pond, pool, Lage Vuursche, A monochrome etching showing a ruined stone facade set within a dense wooded scene, with an arched doorway at the center flanked by two small rectangular openings and surrounded by rough masonry; slender tree trunks and tangled branches rise around and behind the ruin, their foliage and bark indicated by short, sketchy hatch marks; the ground in front of the building slopes down toward a reflective horizontal plane that mirrors the doorway and surrounding lines; scratchy crosshatching and parallel strokes create textured shadows and undergrowth across the forest floor and along the walls, and a larger, darker rock or root mass sits near the right foreground among more irregular vegetation strokes.

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Ruins pond Lage Vuursche original title print printmaker Willem de Zwart c 1896 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 151 mm x width 150 mm landscape ruins pool monochrome showing ruined stone facade set within dense wooded scene arched doorway center flanked two small rectangular openings surrounded rough masonry slender tree trunks tangled branches rise ruin foliage bark indicated short sketchy hatch marks ground front building slopes down reflective horizontal plane mirrors doorway surrounding lines scratchy crosshatching parallel strokes create textured shadows undergrowth across forest floor walls larger darker rock root mass sits near right foreground irregular vegetation strokes

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