Right Hand Holding Short Rod

1847

Horatio Greenough

Associated Names
Horatio Greenough

Artist, American, 1805 - 1852

This is a drawing of a hand holding a cylindrical object. The drawing is rendered in pencil with intricate shading and line work to depict a realistic hand with a focus on the fingers and knuckles. The hand is gripping the cylindrical object gently, with attention to detail in the shading to give it a three-dimensional appearance. The background is kept minimal to emphasize the subject.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 10.5 × 21.3 cm (4 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.48

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 51.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: by H. Greenough

Wikidata ID

Q64574459

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