Taking the Fence by Baroness Kathe Olshausen-Schonberger

Taking the Fence by Baroness Kathe Olshausen-Schonberger

Taking the Fence

Baroness Kathe Olshausen-Schonberger

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Title

Taking the Fence

 
Artist
Year
c. 1927  
Technique
drypoint 
Image Size
14 7/8 x 11 7/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
3 of 25  
Annotations
inscribed: (Baroness Dombrowski) beneath signature; further inscribed in pencil in unknown hand in lower right margin: KOS / 3 / 25.- / Taking the Fence 
Reference
listed on page xviii in Fine Prints of the Year 1927 
Paper
ivory vellum paper. 
State
published 
Publisher
New York Graphic Society 
Inventory ID
22283 
Price
$600.00 
Description

Artist, illustrator, author Kathe Olshausen-Schonberger was already noted for her animal caricatures by age 20, creating a series of anthropomorphised books and illustrations for children and as sly social comments. Beyond these she also created works that displayed her knowledge of the animal musculature, as displayed in this drypoint "Taking the Fence".

In order to capture the drama of this action the artist uses drypoint, which involves engraving directly onto the copper plate and allowing the "burr", the displaced copper, to create a kind of "furrow" and print as a dark, fuzzy line.

A horse and rider are captured in mid-air while jumping a fence. Both figures are defined by deep black shadows with the light shining off the surfaces. The fuzzy lines of the drypoint soften the surfaces, creating the feeling of the both the horse's coat and a movement to the mane. The rider's jacket lifts from the wind.

 

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