Othon Friesz
The Columns
c. 1908
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Othon Friesz
The Columns
c. 1908
Physical Qualities
Woodcut, Sheet: 431 x 315 mm. (16 15/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Image: 113 x 105 mm. (4 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Judith and Robert Fisher, Bothell, Washington
Object Number
2006.24
Created after the high point of Fauvism (1904–1907), in The Columns, Othon Friesz turned away from the movement’s favored theme of the female nude. Here, a picturesque landscape combines the strong contrasts of dark and light seen in early Fauve work with a greater interest in volume. A traditional and more conservative compositional structure leads the viewer’s eye into the distance toward the horizon.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2006; Joel R. Bergquist, Palo Alto, California; Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Wild Forms: Fauve Woodcuts," May 14 - October 15, 2023.
Inscribed: center, below image in ink: "E othon Friesz / No 6/12"; by later hand, lower right in graphite: "Les Collines"; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: "MHP"
