Letter Poem

1971

John Dowell

Artist, American, born 1941

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black ink and watercolor on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed): 76.2 × 55.88 cm (30 × 22 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.2521


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1971; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • John E. Dowell, Jr.: Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1971, no. 59

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. 261, no. 1720.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: John E. Dowell Jr. 71; lower left in graphite: "LETTER POEM"

Watermarks

Arches

Wikidata ID

Q64582423


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