Study for "White Mountains from North Conway, New Hampshire" [recto]

1851

David Johnson

Associated Names
David Johnson

Artist, American, 1827 - 1908

The drawing shows a seated figure wearing a hat, looking into the distance. This creates depth as the viewer follows the figure's gaze over a landscape. The horizon is high in the image, enhancing the vista beyond the figure. The pencil sketch uses controlled lines and shading to depict the figure and the terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, with pencil on paper providing a soft visual effect. The sketch includes grass and rock formations near the figure, with some trees in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with gouache on blue, ruled wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20 × 32.39 cm (7 7/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1023.a

Associated Artworks

Study for "White Mountains from North Conway, New Hampshire" [verso]

David Johnson

1851

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Johnson Estate; Mrs. Roger S. Teachout; (James Graham & Sons, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1980

  • Hudson River Drawing, Falmouth Public Library, Massachusetts, 1980-1981

1988

  • Meditations on Nature: The Drawings of David Johnson, Hudson River Museum of Westchester, New York, 1988, p. 24, fig. 9, repro

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. 41, no. 289.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Conway Sept 29th 51 N.H.

Wikidata ID

Q64540814

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