Neighbors

c. 1938

Merritt Mauzey

Associated Names
Merritt Mauzey

Artist, American, 1898 - 1973

The image shows a rural landscape with fields stretching toward a distant horizon. A cluster of buildings and a church spire is silhouetted against the sky. In the foreground, a man is working the land with a plow pulled by four mules on the left, and another man is on a horse-drawn vehicle on the right. The fields are depicted with precise, repetitive lines, accentuating the furrows in the soil. The color palette is monochrome, ranging from gray to black, enhancing the contrast between the light fields and the darker figures and structures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5871

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tracy 1972, undescribed


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1951

  • Contemporary American Prints, Berlin, Germany, 1951-1952.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Neighbors ed 10; lower right in graphite: Merritt Mauzey

Wikidata ID

Q65024028

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