Light and Shadow: The Shadows of Dissipation Falling upon the Poor
1870-1900
Artist, American, 1837 - 1913
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, ink wash, and gouache on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 30.96 × 23.5 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.753
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 83, no. 517.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: J C Beard; lower center in graphite: Light & Shadow / The shadow of dissipation falling upon the / room
Wikidata ID
Q64580275