Caption

The end of the day, Creative woman, print, inscription: 'distel 1888', printmaker: Ernst Witkamp, c. 1888, paper, chine collé, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint, drypoint and plate tone on chine collé, height 227 mm x width 172 mm, farmers, landscapes in the temperate zone, agricultural implements, A monochrome etched scene shows a person bending forward while gripping a long handled tool, their head slightly bowed and hair falling toward their face, wearing a simple dress with sleeves rolled above the elbows and a long skirt, the tool's blade pressed into the ground near their feet, the figure positioned on a textured stretch of land marked by crosshatched strokes, a slender tree with bare branches rising nearby and another thin tree faintly visible in the background, a distant low ridge on the horizon and a sky filled with fine linear shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B35_163

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.2Mb (7.6Mb) / 11.0in x 17.8in / 3287 x 5342 (300dpi)

Keywords

day Creative woman print inscription distel 1888 printmaker Ernst Witkamp c 1888 paper chine collé etching intaglio printmaking technique drypoint plate tone height 227 mm x width 172 mm farmers landscapes temperate zone agricultural implements monochrome etched scene person bending forward gripping long handled tool head slightly bowed hair falling face wearing simple dress sleeves rolled elbows long skirt tool's blade pressed ground near feet figure positioned textured stretch land marked crosshatched strokes slender tree bare branches rising nearby another thin tree faintly visible background distant low ridge horizon sky filled fine linear shading