Milk bend (original title), Four cows in a meadow, print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart, c. 1885, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and drypoint, with plate tone, print in brown, height 128 mm x width 200 mm, meadow, pasture, cow, A sepia-toned etching shows three cows standing in a rustic fenced pasture. The foreground cow faces away, revealing the curve of its back and hindquarters with textured lines suggesting fur. Another cow stands partially behind it, angled toward the viewer with its head turned slightly, showing facial features rendered in cross-hatched strokes. A third cow stands to the right, looking forward with visible ears and a snout, its body marked by darker patches. A wooden fence runs across the scene with overlapping rails and posts, and rough grasses and ground textures fill the space beneath and around the animals. In the background there are dense trees and foliage suggested by layered, linear marks, and an abstracted rectangular hay...
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Milk bend (original title), Four cows in a meadow, print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart, c. 1885, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and drypoint, with plate tone, print in brown, height 128 mm x width 200 mm, meadow, pasture, cow, A sepia-toned etching shows three cows standing in a rustic fenced pasture. The foreground cow faces away, revealing the curve of its back and hindquarters with textured lines suggesting fur. Another cow stands partially behind it, angled toward the viewer with its head turned slightly, showing facial features rendered in cross-hatched strokes. A third cow stands to the right, looking forward with visible ears and a snout, its body marked by darker patches. A wooden fence runs across the scene with overlapping rails and posts, and rough grasses and ground textures fill the space beneath and around the animals. In the background there are dense trees and foliage suggested by layered, linear marks, and an abstracted rectangular hay or bale shape sits near the fence. The entire image is composed of fine, expressive linework and varied hatch shading.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B35_177

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Milk bend original title Four cows meadow print printmaker Willem de Zwart c 1885 paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique plate tone brown height 128 mm x width 200 mm pasture cow sepia-toned etching three cows standing rustic fenced pasture foreground faces away revealing curve back hindquarters textured lines suggesting fur Another stands partially angled viewer head turned slightly showing facial features rendered cross-hatched strokes third stands right looking forward visible ears snout body marked darker patches wooden fence runs across scene overlapping rails posts rough grasses ground textures fill space beneath animals background dense trees foliage suggested layered linear marks abstracted rectangular hay bale shape sits near fence entire image composed fine expressive linework varied hatch shading

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