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The image shows a person walking along a path. They are hunched over, carrying a large bundle on their back, and using a walking stick with their right hand. The person is wearing a long, dark garment that reaches their feet and simple shoes. In the background, there is a natural landscape with vegetation, including a bush or small tree. The horizon line shows fields under a wide sky, suggesting a rural or wilderness setting.
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The image shows a person walking along a path. They are hunched over, carrying a large bundle on their back, and using a walking stick with their right hand. The person is wearing a long, dark garment that reaches their feet and simple shoes. In the background, there is a natural landscape with vegetation, including a bush or small tree. The horizon line shows fields under a wide sky, suggesting a rural or wilderness setting.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Woman Carrying a Bundle of Sticks

Heinrich Zille

Date
c. 1902
Medium
etching and soft-ground etching in brown on wove cream paper
Dimensions
plate: 40.6 × 32.9 cm (16 × 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 48.7 × 35.9 cm (19 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.92.500
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Nature
  • Wood
Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased August 13, 1995; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

signed and numbered below image, in graphite: No. I-XXV. No 11. H. Zille. At the bottom right corner, in graphite, by later hand: 153/10 L8/1066

NGA object ID 153911. 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.