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The Pagoda Platform

1912

Ernest Lumsden

Associated Names

Ernest Stephen Lumsden

Artist, Scottish, 1883 - 1948

The image shows an architectural structure resembling a temple entrance, viewed from the front. A tall spire rises into the sky, flanked by palm trees. The building features intricate details and decorations, with a sepia color palette. Figures are walking nearby, some carrying umbrellas, with simple structures alongside the pathway to the temple. Trees and the sky form the background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black on laid paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Dimensions

plate: 25.08 × 15.08 cm (9 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.)
sheet: 29.21 × 22.07 cm (11 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.307
Catalogue Raisonné

Lumsden 1936, no. 121

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1927; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1936

Lumsden, E. S. "Chronological List, 1905-1935." Print Collector's Quarterly 23, no. 3 (July 1936): p. 226, no. 121.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Lumsden 1912; lower center in graphite: Lumsden imp.; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 8

Wikidata ID

Q77012292

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