The image depicts an elevated perspective looking down on a landscape of rolling hills and jagged lines suggesting vegetation. There is no distinct horizon line; instead, the scene flows upward from close to us into the distance, with hills sloping towards the background. The technique used involves sketch-like lines creating texture and movement across the hills and suggested elements like trees. The color palette is monochromatic, with black, grey, and off-white shades creating contrast that emphasizes the linear elements of the composition, highlighting the rugged and abstract quality of…
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Mountain Slope with Goats

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1920

Medium
etching
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 25 x 31.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.) ; sheet: 37 x 43.8 cm (14 9/16 x 17 1/4 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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