Quiet Grove

1951

Stow Wengenroth

Associated Names
Stow Wengenroth

Artist, American, 1906 - 1978

The image shows a cluster of trees with textured bark and intricate branches. The horizon is visible through a break in the trees near the top. The trees are depicted using fine brushstrokes in various shades of gray. The color palette is monochromatic. The ground is lightly covered, possibly in snow, with underbrush and grasses. In the distance, the trees form a dense backdrop.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.48 × 28.89 cm (15 15/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.15 × 33.66 cm (18 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1483

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stuckey 1974, no. 201

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. 201.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Ed/50; lower right in graphite: Stow Wengenroth; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Quiet Grove; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 869

Markings

stamped upper right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012913

You may be interested in

Loading Results