Caption

Crow, print, A crow with the text 'My thanks for the honor shown to the old crow on Dec 18, 1913' underneath., printmaker: Theo van Hoytema, 1913, paper, lithography, height 199 mm x width 284 mm, Print made as thanks for a dinner on the occasion of Van Hoytema's fiftieth birthday., song-birds: crow, A dense sketch of a large dark bird head fills the center, its textured feathers rendered with heavy, charcoal-like strokes and a single bright eye standing out against the dark plumage; the bird's beak curves downward and rests near a rounded light shape. Surrounding the bird are tangled, organic forms suggesting foliage and vines, with many circular shapes and leaflike patterns drawn in lighter, sketchy lines. The background is busy with overlapping scribbles, curved marks, and clustered round motifs, creating a textured, layered appearance across the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B34_389

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (9.5Mb) / 17.8in x 11.7in / 5352 x 3523 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crow print crow text My thanks honor shown old crow Dec 18 1913 underneath printmaker Theo van Hoytema paper lithography height 199 mm x width 284 mm Print thanks dinner occasion Van Hoytema's fiftieth birthday song-birds dense sketch large dark bird head fills center textured feathers rendered heavy charcoal- strokes single bright eye standing dark plumage bird's beak curves downward rests near rounded light shape Surrounding bird tangled organic forms suggesting foliage vines circular shapes leaflike patterns drawn lighter sketchy lines background busy overlapping scribbles curved marks clustered round motifs creating textured layered appearance across surface