A Winter Poem

1934

Charles Jac Young

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Charles Jac Young

Artist, American, 1880 - 1940

Associated American Artists

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The image depicts a winter landscape with a high horizon showing snow-covered hills, leafless trees, and two snow-topped structures below. The scene is detailed with fine, linear brushstrokes creating a crosshatched texture. The color palette is monochromatic with various shades of gray. In the foreground, there are patches of snow around a reflective body of water, with sparse, bare trees on both sides.

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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

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Bibliography

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 14, no. 39.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: C. Jac Young; lower right in graphite: C. Jac Young; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Winter Poem

Wikidata ID

Q77008827

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