Rath Haus, Ulm, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany
1833 · Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper · Plate: 28.6 × 42.2 cm (11 5/16 × 16 5/8 in.); Sheet: 31 × 45 cm (12 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Prout, Rath Haus, Ulm, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany, 1833. Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper.
Prout, Rath Haus, Ulm, 1833, lithograph after his sketch.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
How to look at a Prout
- Find a long straight edge in a Prout and notice it is not a single line. Count the breaks.
- Look at the figures. Their heads line up with the horizon. Their feet tell you how far away they stand.
- Find the darkest doorway and the lightest sunlit wall. They are nearly always touching.
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4 studies of this work
Master studyProut
Rath Haus, Ulm
A town hall, a square, and figures as rulers
4h
FoundationCorot · Unit 0
Meet the two hands
A looking session: six drawings, no pencil
0.5h- Foundation
Prout · Unit 2
Negative shapes
A chair by its gaps, a winter tree by its sky
0.5h - Foundation
Prout · Unit 5
The street with figures
Prout's Ulm: eye level, bays, broken line, and rulers that look like people
1.5h
