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The image shows interlocking triangles and curved shapes. Green triangular forms rise upward against a black background. There is a red boat-like shape and blue zigzag shapes at the bottom, with orange arcs hinting at a sun. Rounded shapes on the side resemble leafy tree canopies.
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The image shows interlocking triangles and curved shapes. Green triangular forms rise upward against a black background. There is a red boat-like shape and blue zigzag shapes at the bottom, with orange arcs hinting at a sun. Rounded shapes on the side resemble leafy tree canopies.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Boat and Trees

Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest

Date
1914
Medium
woodcut in black, hand colored with watercolor, on Japan paper
Dimensions
image: 9.6 x 15.1 cm (3 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 18.4 x 24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.92.270
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata
Provenance

Heinrich Neuerberg [b. 1883], Cologne (Lugt 1344a). (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 31, 2001; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

lower left in graphite: JacobavanHeemskerck no. 1; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 371/1

NGA object ID 153655. 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.