Young street musician, 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 222 mm x width 174 mm, musician - CC - out of doors, street, popular music, street music, A young person stands leaning against a wall at the edge of a doorway, wearing a dark knee-length dress with long sleeves and a patterned scarf tied around the neck, holding a folded umbrella by the handle near the side; short dark hair frames a downcast face with a neutral expression. The scene is rendered in fine, closely hatched lines creating textured shading across the clothing and background; a vertical stone or wooden column is beside the figure and a ledge at hip height supports one hand. In the lighter right portion of the image, faint outlines suggest distant vertical shapes and a ghosted, indistinct figure in a skirt, while the left upper area shows framed rectangular shapes mounted ...
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Young street musician, 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 222 mm x width 174 mm, musician - CC - out of doors, street, popular music, street music, A young person stands leaning against a wall at the edge of a doorway, wearing a dark knee-length dress with long sleeves and a patterned scarf tied around the neck, holding a folded umbrella by the handle near the side; short dark hair frames a downcast face with a neutral expression. The scene is rendered in fine, closely hatched lines creating textured shading across the clothing and background; a vertical stone or wooden column is beside the figure and a ledge at hip height supports one hand. In the lighter right portion of the image, faint outlines suggest distant vertical shapes and a ghosted, indistinct figure in a skirt, while the left upper area shows framed rectangular shapes mounted on the wall. The overall palette is monochrome with detailed crosshatching and varied line density defining forms and shadows.

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Young street musician print printmaker Ernst Witkamp signed artist 1864 - 1897 paper chine collé etching intaglio printmaking technique drypoint plate tone height 222 mm x width 174 mm musician - CC - doors popular music street music young person stands leaning wall edge doorway wearing dark knee-length dress long sleeves patterned scarf tied neck holding folded umbrella handle near side short dark hair frames downcast face neutral expression scene rendered fine closely hatched lines creating textured shading across clothing background vertical stone wooden column beside figure ledge hip height supports hand lighter right portion image faint outlines suggest distant vertical shapes ghosted indistinct figure skirt left upper area framed rectangular shapes mounted palette monochrome detailed crosshatching varied line density defining forms shadows

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