Das Mappenwerk der Insel
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
image: 24 × 18 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.) sheet: 35.2 × 27.5 cm (13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2005.157.7.8
Art Historical Context
**Das Mappenwerk der** is a striking woodcut created by German artist Ernst Moritz Gey in 1900, part of a portfolio (Mappenwerk) evocatively titled "The Island Portfolio." Measuring 24 × 18 cm on a larger 35.2 × 27.5 cm sheet, this print exemplifies the intimate scale of fine art printmaking at the fin-de-siècle, designed for collectors and connoisseurs. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Virginia and Ira Collection (Department CG-W), it invites viewers into Geyger's imaginative world, possibly drawing on themes of isolation or idyllic escapes amid Europe's cultural ferment. Woodcuts, like ...