Vermont Survival

1959 (published 1960)

Luigi Lucioni

Associated Names
Luigi Lucioni

Artist, American, 1900 - 1988

The image displays a rural scene with an old barn and silo on uneven ground. In the background, there are rolling hills or mountains. The etching technique creates texture in the sky, barn, trees, and hills. The color palette consists of sepia tones and soft browns. The barn, silo, trees, and hills show varying levels of detail under a sky with clouds.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert Scott Wiles)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.56 × 32.86 cm (10 1/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.18 × 42.86 cm (13 1/16 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2530

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Embury 1984, no. 134


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Scott Wiles, Arlington, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1973; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Embury, Stuart P. The Etchings of Luigi Lucioni: A Catalogue Raisonné. Nebraska: S.P. Embury, 1984, p. 46, no. 134.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 144, no. 1315.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: L Lucioni 59; lower right in graphite: Luigi Lucioni

Wikidata ID

Q77013175

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