Caption

Fantasia, print, A group of horsemen at a gate. On the right, a horseman on a rearing horse. He fires a shot with his rifle., inscription: 'not for sale', printmaker: Marius Bauer (signed by artist), 1902, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, etching with plate tone, height 296 mm x width 373 mm, A wide, finely hatched ink drawing showing two tall vertical openings with a bright rectangular space between them, populated along the lower edge by a crowd of figures and horses rendered in loose, energetic lines; the left opening is filled with dense, dark cross-hatching while the right opening has vertical hatching and a lighter interior, and small curved marks suggest birds in the brighter central sky; the clustered figures at the bottom are sketched in varied postures with riders, raised arms, and pole-like implements, and to the right a few figures sit or kneel with flowing garments and rounded heads, all set against a textured, paper-toned background covered with sweeping, directional hatch marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B28_064

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.4Mb (6.0Mb) / 15.6in x 11.8in / 4671 x 3550 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fantasia print group horsemen gate right horseman rearing horse fires shot rifle inscription sale printmaker Marius Bauer signed artist 1902 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 296 mm x width 373 mm wide finely hatched ink drawing showing two tall vertical openings bright rectangular space them populated lower edge crowd figures horses rendered loose energetic lines left opening filled dense dark cross-hatching right opening vertical hatching lighter interior small curved marks suggest birds brighter central sky clustered figures bottom sketched varied postures riders raised arms pole- implements figures sit kneel flowing garments rounded heads set textured paper-toned background covered sweeping directional hatch marks