Caption

Creating woman, print, printmaker: Ernst Witkamp (signed by artist), 1864 - 1897, paper, chine collé, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint, drypoint and plate tone on chine collé, height 226 mm x width 172 mm, farmers, landscapes in the temperate zone, agricultural implements, A monochrome etching shows a figure bending forward while holding a long handled tool that is pressed into the ground; the figure wears a simple, dark dress with sleeves rolled to the elbows and has short, dark hair; the scene is set in an open landscape with textured, crosshatched fields stretching to a low horizon and a few slender, leaf-sparse trees rising near the figure; the sky is rendered with fine, horizontal lines and the foreground ground is marked with dense, directional hatchwork.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B35_162

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.5Mb (5.8Mb) / 10.9in x 16.9in / 3267 x 5080 (300dpi)

Keywords

Creating woman print printmaker Ernst Witkamp signed artist 1864 - 1897 paper chine collé etching intaglio printmaking technique drypoint plate tone height 226 mm x width 172 mm farmers landscapes temperate zone agricultural implements monochrome etching figure bending forward holding long handled tool pressed ground figure wears simple dark dress sleeves rolled elbows short dark hair scene set open landscape textured crosshatched fields stretching low horizon slender leaf-sparse trees rising near sky rendered fine horizontal lines foreground ground marked dense directional hatchwork