The Sunny Corner

1957

Stow Wengenroth

Associated Names
Stow Wengenroth

Artist, American, 1906 - 1978

The image shows a street scene with trees lining both sides of the road. A house with dark shutters and a white picket fence is partially visible on the left. The road stretches into the distance, framed by the trees' branches forming a canopy overhead. Light filters through the trees, creating shadows on the ground and buildings. The palette is grayscale, with various shades of grey.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.21 × 35.24 cm (7 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.07 × 48.26 cm (12 5/8 × 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1472

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wengenroth 1974, no. 242

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Stuckey, Ronald and Joan. The Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth, 1931-1972. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1974, no. 242.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Ed/50; lower right in graphite: Stow Wengenroth; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: The Sunny Corner

Markings

stamped center left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012897

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