Roan Duck
c. 1790
Artist, American, 1751 - 1839
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and graphite on wove paper laid down
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Acquisition through a gift of Mrs. H.S. Black)
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 15.88 × 17.15 cm (6 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
sheet: 28.58 × 21.91 cm (11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
sheet (support): 40.96 × 31.12 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2809
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Ibarcord Group, S.A., Fine Arts, London, England); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981
1982
Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983
1983
American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983
John Abbot in Georgia: The Vision of a Naturalist Artist, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Georgia, 1983, p. 83, repro
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 12-13, no. 2, 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. 1, no. 4.
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite by unknown hand: 125
Wikidata ID
Q64582093