Farm laborers in a field with haystacks, print, annotation: 'Eug. Laermans, Hooien, Kunst v. Heden 1913, No. 8', printmaker: Eugène Laermans, 1891, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 239 mm x width 178 mm, Given the annotation possibly a later edition of this print., farmers, hay-stack, A detailed sepia-toned drawing shows a group of people clustered in a shoreline or field setting, their clothing rendered with dense crosshatching and flowing lines. Several adult figures stand and bend, some with hats, one with a bowed head, and others leaning over a small child who faces away from the viewer. One figure appears seated or reclined on the ground with legs bent, another figure embraces a child or smaller person. In the background there is a horizontal expanse suggesting water or low land with distant, low mounds and sparse, thin trees or reeds rising up and leaning. The sky above is filled with long, horizontal, textured strokes. In the foreground there are ...
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Farm laborers in a field with haystacks, print, annotation: 'Eug. Laermans, Hooien, Kunst v. Heden 1913, No. 8', printmaker: Eugène Laermans, 1891, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 239 mm x width 178 mm, Given the annotation possibly a later edition of this print., farmers, hay-stack, A detailed sepia-toned drawing shows a group of people clustered in a shoreline or field setting, their clothing rendered with dense crosshatching and flowing lines. Several adult figures stand and bend, some with hats, one with a bowed head, and others leaning over a small child who faces away from the viewer. One figure appears seated or reclined on the ground with legs bent, another figure embraces a child or smaller person. In the background there is a horizontal expanse suggesting water or low land with distant, low mounds and sparse, thin trees or reeds rising up and leaning. The sky above is filled with long, horizontal, textured strokes. In the foreground there are small objects on the ground near the seated figure, and detailed shading emphasizes the folds of garments and the contours of bodies throughout the scene.

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Farm laborers field haystacks print annotation Eug Laermans Hooien Kunst v Heden 1913 No 8 printmaker Eugène Laermans 1891 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 239 mm x width 178 mm Given later edition farmers hay-stack detailed sepia-toned drawing group people clustered shoreline field setting clothing rendered dense crosshatching flowing lines Several adult figures stand bend hats bowed head leaning small child faces away viewer figure seated reclined ground legs bent another figure embraces child smaller person background horizontal expanse suggesting water low land distant low mounds sparse thin trees reeds rising up sky filled long horizontal textured strokes foreground small objects ground near seated figure detailed shading emphasizes folds garments contours bodies scene

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