harbor scene rendered in gray, cream and black pigments; dock along bottom edge of image; steamboat in URQ; line of buildings and smoke stacks along top edge of image

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At the Harbor (Am Hafen), 1900-1930

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The harbor in Hamburg, Germany, has long been one of busiest in the world, but not in Ernst Odefey’s print. A Hamburg native, Odefey presented a modern, unromanticized view of the Elbe River, reducing the scene to a few simple elements: pilings, a tugboat, and a metal cleat (for tying up boats). To emphasize the empty stretch of water at the center, he raised the horizon line, even though, from our vantage point on the quay, it logically would have been much lower.

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Title
At the Harbor (Am Hafen)
Artist Life
1882 - 1964
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2019.57.8
Provenance
(Gerbrand Caspers, Sneek, Netherlands, until 2017; sold to Kinney); Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis (2017-19)
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harbor scene rendered in gray, cream and black pigments; dock along bottom edge of image; steamboat in URQ; line of buildings and smoke stacks along top edge of image

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