Cactus from Mexico
1885
Artist, American, 1861 - 1933
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 32.7 × 26.35 cm (12 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 38.1 × 30.48 cm (15 × 12 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.982
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 18
Bibliography
1885
Smalley, Eugene V. "In and Out of the New Orleans Exposition." Century Magazine 30 (June 1885): pp. 185-199.
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. 830.
Inscriptions
lower right in black ink: Kemble; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered] plate on or before / cactus from Mexico - Century; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: 10 1/2 - 13 1/2 / [not deciphered] - 19 1/2; lower right in brown ink by unknown hand: 3 1/2 / 91233 / 20; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: Ro[not deciphered]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: $3.00 [circled]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: RA; verso in blue colored pencil: Cty. / a 173 [circled] / Kemble, EW / P / 11 x13 / 30 -190 / 35; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Century / Magazine / E. W. Kemble / a very famous / illustrator / Cactus from Mexico / June 1885
Markings
embossed lower left: BRISTOL BOARD EXTRA SUPER [circled] / A N C N Y [with clover]
Wikidata ID
Q64557295