Edgar Nye

American, 1879 - 1943

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The image shows a construction site from a slightly elevated perspective. There is a red machinery, possibly an excavator, in the foreground, with several figures around it. In the distance, there is a large beige-colored building with green and blue accents near the left edge of the composition. The sky has swirling clouds in blue and gray. Earthy tones dominate the color palette, with touches of red in the machinery, and bare branches of a tree are visible to the right.
Edgar Nye, The Red Steamshovel, c. 1930s, watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of John Dunn and Janice Dunn Rosenberg), 2015.19.2783

The Red Steamshovel

Edgar Nye · c. 1930s · watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.2783