Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars"

1884-1887

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

The image displays curving and flowing lines, creating an abstract composition suggesting the form of figures. The shapes resemble human characters in different poses, reminiscent of classical draped figures. The abstract rendering combines organic shapes of human forms and a textured background.

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Provenance

the artist, Rome, Italy; Anita Herriman Vedder (daughter of the artist), Rome, Italy, 1923; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1954; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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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. 82, no. 514.

Wikidata ID

Q64558494

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