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The image depicts a mountainous landscape with rugged peaks, sketched in expressive strokes. The monochromatic color palette uses shades of black and gray. Sloping terrain leads to the peaks and dark sky. The sky is heavily shaded, contrasting with the lighter tones of the mountains. The style suggests an etching or printmaking technique with textures and strong contrast between light and shadow.
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Mountain Landscape with Little Mowers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1919

Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.) ; sheet: 28.5 x 44.2 cm (11 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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