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The Fertile Earth

1937

Albert W. Barker

Associated Names

Albert W. Barker

Artist, American, 1874 - 1947

The image shows a cultivated landscape with rows of crops extending into the distance in a diagonal pattern. A cluster of small buildings sits near the low horizon line. Delicate and precise brushstrokes create detailed representations of the field. The color palette is primarily grayscale, giving a subdued look to the scene. The sky takes up much of the image, highlighting the vast and open landscape.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 37 × 27.4 cm (14 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
sheet: 46 × 35.3 cm (18 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.747
Catalogue Raisonné

Hannum 1993, no. 42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1993

Hannum, Gillian Greenhill. A Visual Memoir: Prints and Drawings by Albert Winslow Barker. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Museum, 1993, no. 42.

Inscriptions

lower left margin on stone: 196. The Fertile Earth; lower left in graphite: Ed. 50; lower right in graphite: Albert W. Barker

Wikidata ID

Q76549880

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