(Old friends) by Hans Alexander Mueller

(Old friends) by Hans Alexander Mueller

(Old friends)

Hans Alexander Mueller

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Title

(Old friends)

 
Artist
Year
1912  
Technique
woodcut 
Image Size
8 1/2 x 7 5/16" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
unstated 
Annotations
stamped on verso "FACH 5" (trade 5); in pencil on verso in German "(undecipherable) - 1912= 15 boyen 93" 
Reference
 
Paper
heavy cream Japanese 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
20256 
Price
$350.00 
Description

Mueller depicts two older men walking arm in arm, each with canes and heavy coats protecting from the cold, one smoking a cigar. Passing them by are a speeding cyclist - whose scarf shoots out behind him - and a bird in mid-flight.

Mueller refrains from using too much texture, pairing down the scene into an uncluttered, simple observation of a moment, expertly creating the feeling of two old friends enjoying a slow and comfortable walk in the midst of a world going quickly by.

 

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