Abandoned Farm

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Abandoned Farm

Entry/Object ID

1991.17.05

Description

Color woodcut of a scenery landscape with a house. The artist uses different transparent hues on top of each other to create more tones than they printed. The artist uses only red, green and blue to express this scene and the carving away of the white to highlight the piece further.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Acquisition

Accession

1991.17

Source or Donor

William A. McGill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of William A. McGill

Made/Created

Artist

Hans Alexander Mueller

Date made

1947

Place

* Untyped Place

New York, USA

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

lower right below image

Transcription

Hans A. Muller

Material/Technique

Written, Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Woodcut

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

11 x 14

Height

6-1/8 in

Width

7-15/16 in

Color

Red, Blue, Green, White

Exhibition

Wunderkammer: Introduction to Curatorial Practices Class Fall 2024 (2025)