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Notice how few lines make the scene: a bare tree, two rooftops, rows of quick window marks and one curving curb that leads your eye in.
To make a drypoint, the artist scratches the picture straight into a metal plate. Kirchner made this Dresden street corner in 1909 on a plate only about 10 by 14 cm, and it was printed on blotting paper. The sheet was still among his own works when he died.
drypoint on blotting paper · plate: 9.8 x 13.6 cm · National Gallery of Art · Die Brücke
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Details and source
- Museum title
- Street Corner in Dresden (Strassenecke Dresden)
- Artist
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880 - 1938
- Date
- 1909
- Medium
- drypoint on blotting paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 9.8 x 13.6 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 18 x 22 cm (7 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- National Gallery of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.