Caption

Mother with child in embrace, print, printmaker: George Minne, 1876 - 1941, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 252 mm x width 199 mm, mother and baby or young child, A monochrome, textured drawing of two figures embracing, shown from the torso upward with one figure's face pressed into the other's shoulder and the other figure's face turned slightly away; both heads are rounded and shaded with fine crosshatching, and one hand rests on the shoulder of the other with elongated fingers visible; the bodies and arms are depicted with overlapping curved lines and dense hatch marks that create tonal variation against a grainy background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B24_396

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.1Mb (7.0Mb) / 11.1in x 14.3in / 3336 x 4303 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mother child embrace print printmaker George Minne 1876 - 1941 paper Japanese paper handmade paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 252 mm x width 199 mm mother baby young child monochrome textured drawing two figures embracing shown torso upward figure's face pressed s shoulder figure's face turned slightly away heads rounded shaded fine crosshatching hand rests shoulder elongated fingers visible bodies arms depicted overlapping curved lines dense hatch marks create tonal variation grainy background