Two Peasants
c. 1870-1890
Artist, American, 1839 - 1924

Artwork overview
-
Medium
graphite on wove paper
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
sheet: 20.16 × 19.05 cm (7 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
-
Accession
2015.19.1019
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
J. L. Eysmans, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; (Robert S. Sloan Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1989
A Pastoral Legacy: Paintings and Drawings by American Artists Ridgway Knight and Aston Knight, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Christie's, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, 1989-1990, fig. 18, 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. 86, no. 546.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Knight
Wikidata ID
Q64540769