Merrymount

1934

Elsie Driggs

Associated Names
Elsie Driggs

Artist, American, 1898 - 1992

The image displays a series of curved and flowing lines creating abstract shapes that appear to outline human figures in motion. The composition uses vibrant colors including red, orange, yellow, blue, and green against a watercolor background. The forms are loosely reminiscent of people wearing hats and cloaks, depicted through expressive lines and colors, portraying a dynamic scene hinting at movement and rhythm.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Coe Kerr Gallery, New York); (Hull Gallery, Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Modernist Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 12

2008

  • Elsie Driggs: The Quick and the Classical, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2008, no. 26, repro

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. 190, no. 1285.

Inscriptions

center right in graphite: Elsie Driggs; center left edge in graphite by unknown hand: inside measurement 9 1/2; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: inside measurement 9 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q64559296

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