Dark Single Hollyhocks

1890

James David Smillie

Associated Names
James David Smillie

Artist, American, 1833 - 1909

The image displays large flowers in a monochromatic color palette of dark brown to light beige. The flowers are positioned vertically at the center, with smaller buds and leaves scattered among them for added texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.15 × 12.07 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.93 × 28.89 cm (13 3/4 × 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.60

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Witthoft 1992, no. 61 i/ii (proof 7)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York, 1994; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Witthoft, Brucia. _The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné _. Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, p. 188, no. 61.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: JD Smillie; lower left below platemark in graphite: J.D.S. imp.; lower right below platemark in graphite: James D. Smillie; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: J (circled) [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q77261138

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