Cluny

1903

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

This is an image of an ornate stone archway leading into a shadowy interior space. The image features a intricately carved stone archway with detailed foliage and architectural embellishments. Below the arch, there is a tiled or stone pathway leading inwards. Inside the archway, the space is dark, suggesting a garden or an interior area obscured by shadows, giving the impression of depth and mystery. The composition balances the detailing of the doorway with the darkness beyond, drawing the viewer's gaze into what lies beyond the threshold.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26 × 22.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.3 × 23.2 cm (10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2391

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 354, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate bottom right: DYCameron 1903 [faint]; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands bottom left in graphite: R354II; bottom right: x; verso: K7788

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954940

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