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The image depicts a landscape with rugged mountains, swirling clouds, and structures nestled among rocky terrain. The bold, expressive lines and stark black and white color palette emphasize the dramatic forms and shadows.
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The image depicts a landscape with rugged mountains, swirling clouds, and structures nestled among rocky terrain. The bold, expressive lines and stark black and white color palette emphasize the dramatic forms and shadows.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alpine Pasture

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Date
1918
Medium
woodcut printed in black
Dimensions
image: 35 x 45 cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 41 x 50.4 cm (16 1/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.92.137
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Mountain
  • Sky
  • Building
Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 29, 1973; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Handdruck; lower left in graphite: EL Kirchner; lower right verso by later hand in graphite: 277; A 6S133

NGA object ID 152787. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.