Village Street

1920-1923

Walter Griffin

Associated Names
Walter Griffin

Artist, American, 1861 - 1935

The image shows a scene from an elevated point looking down, with a house and dense foliage obscuring the horizon. The house is towards the left, and its rooflines create horizontal lines amidst the vertical and diagonal lines of the trees. The brushstrokes suggest movement, especially in the branches and foliage, with colors like blue, orange, and brown. The color palette includes earthy tones and cooler blues. The lower part has rich detail with a path leading to the house and dense tree branches, while the distance shows softer outlines of the natural surroundings extending beyond.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Armistead Peter, III (Caroline Ogden-Jones), Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1962; 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. 123, no. 827.

Inscriptions

lower right in black pastel: GRIFFIN

Wikidata ID

Q64634032

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