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1884

Arthur B. Frost

Associated Names
Arthur B. Frost

Artist, American, 1851 - 1928

The image depicts two individuals within a wooden cabin-like room with no windows. The person on the left is sitting on the floor against a wall, with only the upper half of their body visible. The person on the right is standing with their back slightly to the viewer, displaying their full height, and they are bent slightly forward towards the sitting person. The floor is wooden, with several objects scattered around, including a tipped-over chair, a jug, and a metal bowl on the floor. A coat or jacket is hanging on the wall behind the seated person. The walls are made of horizontal wooden planks.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Becker, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

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. 98, no. 642.

Inscriptions

lower left in gray watercolor: A. B. FROST

Wikidata ID

Q64536528

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