{"id":16543,"date":"2026-01-15T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detlev.von.graeve.org\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:44:07","slug":"sturdy-hurtigruten-ship-anchored-at-the-quay-storm-chalk-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/detlev.von.graeve.org\/?p=16543","title":{"rendered":"Sturdy Hurtigruten Ship Anchored at the Quay. Storm. Chalk drawing."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Norbert’s shop window at Zeil 24 in Frankfurt am Main<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here are informations and questions of my emails to Norway.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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I bought a striking chalk drawing from a bookseller friend’s antiquarian bookshop on the Zeil, depicting a sturdy steamer at the quay.<\/span><\/span> It’s stormy and snowing, judging by the diagonally drawn black lines.<\/span><\/span> The light is surreal, the background dark except for a narrow strip of light.<\/span><\/span> The ship bears the Norwegian coat of arms on its side.<\/span><\/span> The lines were drawn quickly but confidently.<\/span><\/span> The composition captures an immediate impression.<\/span><\/span> The vanishing point of the striking perspective lies just outside the right edge of the frame, where the stormy wind hits the stern.<\/span><\/span> At first, I thought it was a fishing vessel, a stern trawler (Wikipedia), but then I thought of one of the Hurtigruten ships, like the Kong Gudroed or the MS Erling Jarl (Wikipedia).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Norbert got the elegantly framed drawing from one of the private libraries he frequently visits, but I have no idea where it came from.<\/span><\/span> Like an ordinary junk remover, he takes everything that’s offered to him as „bycatch.“<\/span><\/span> He himself is also a painter of tiny landscapes, which are displayed framed in his shop.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Condition?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Under the glass, the drawing paper is slightly wavy, the cardboard backing is a bit foxed, and it hasn’t been opened in over half a century.<\/span><\/span> I don’t want to open it now.<\/span><\/span> A 3 cm wide strip of brown paper has been glued all around the frame over the small nails hammered in at intervals of 4 to 6 cm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Frame 1.1 cm thick, outer dimensions 36 x 48 cm, inner dimensions 33.8 cm x 45.5 cm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Why am I writing to you?<\/span><\/span> The picture speaks for itself, and I enjoy its mystery.<\/span><\/span> I don’t see the missing signature as a flaw; it serves, if not the selling price, then at least the artist’s vanity.<\/span><\/span> So, what do I want to know?<\/span><\/span> First: The ship obscures the horizon except for a partially visible warehouse (on the left).<\/span><\/span> I’m troubled by what lies hidden behind it.<\/span><\/span> You don’t know either, but perhaps the ship or the surroundings seem familiar.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Perhaps the atmosphere is also familiar, especially during these gloomy pre-Christmas weeks.<\/span><\/span> Is the ship at anchor, either regularly or due to a storm warning?<\/span><\/span> Does the subject matter or the drawing technique remind you of any Norwegian painter?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I have never been to your country.<\/span><\/span> I am currently writing to museums in three different coastal cities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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