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Paysage Sud-Africain [South African landscape]

Print
1938 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dolf Rieser (artist)
Joseph Hecht
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Engraving, printed on hand-made paper, numbered in pencil '66-100' and signed 'Dolf Rieser'.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitlePaysage Sud-Africain [South African landscape] (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving, hand-made paper
Handmade Paper
Engraving
Brief description
'Paysage Sud-Africain'. Engraving from a portfolio of ten prints, including etchings, by Dolf Rieser (born 1898) titled 'Africa'. Bound in canvas boards. Printed on hand-made paper made by Joseph Hecht. Published by the artist in an edition of 100, Paris, 1938.
Physical description
Engraving, printed on hand-made paper, numbered in pencil '66-100' and signed 'Dolf Rieser'.
Dimensions
  • Size of portfolio height: 17.2cm
  • Size of portfolio width: 22.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Content description
Landscape scene, with mountains and forest in the background, and open fields in the foreground, dotted with small round huts topped with conical straw roofs. Three figures are depicted walking along a path, carrying vessels on their heads. A figure further back tends to a small group of cattle. In the foreground, another figure appears to be dipping their hand into a pond, possibly to drink the water, or to catch fish.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Dolf Rieser' (signed in pencil)
  • '66-100' (and numbered)
Subject depicted
Landscapes
Place depicted
South Africa
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.202-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693143/paysage-sud-africain-south-african-print-dolf-rieser/
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