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The image features swirling, dynamic lines and shapes forming an abstract scene. Thick lines converge at the top to outline a human-like figure with outstretched arms. Below, curved lines and shading create an image of a horse, with a dark circular form possibly representing an eye, and legs bent as if in motion. The bottom area is filled with dense hatching suggesting movement or texture, evoking a sense of galloping or spinning.
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The image features swirling, dynamic lines and shapes forming an abstract scene. Thick lines converge at the top to outline a human-like figure with outstretched arms. Below, curved lines and shading create an image of a horse, with a dark circular form possibly representing an eye, and legs bent as if in motion. The bottom area is filled with dense hatching suggesting movement or texture, evoking a sense of galloping or spinning.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adhba die Kamelin (Adhba the Camel)

Lovis Corinth

Date
1919
Medium
drypoint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.3 x 8.7 cm (5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 23.2 x 14.4 cm (9 1/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1991.243.5
Credit line
Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Morgenländische Sagen und Geschichten aus Dem Nachlass Friedrich Rückerts (Oriental Fables and Stories from the estate of Friedrich Rückerts)

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • drypoint
  • literary and theatrical themes
  • secular
  • Ruckerts, Friedrich
Provenance

Sigbert Marzynski (Marcy); Dr. Toni G. Marcy, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Lovis Corinth; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Sch. 359/III

Watermarks

[undeciphered]

NGA object ID 74736. 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.