The Brook

1938

Asa Cheffetz

Associated Names
Asa Cheffetz

Artist, American, 1896 - 1965

The image shows a landscape with a winding brook flowing from the foreground to the background. A line of trees is visible on the high horizon, blending with rolling hills. The painting depicts detailed textures of grass, trees, and water using a monochromatic color scheme of black and white. The brook reflects the sky and trees, framed by trees on both sides.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 5.08 × 6.35 cm (2 × 2 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 8.26 × 8.57 cm (3 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1134

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cheffetz 1984, no. 124

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1938

  • Peattie, Donald Culross. An Almanac of Moderns. Washington, DC: Limited Editions Club, 1938.

1984

  • New England Engraved: The Prints of Asa Cheffetz. Springfield, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, p. 139, no. 124.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "The Brook"; lower right in graphite: Asa Cheffetz

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q77008548

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