Generation
1914
Artist, American, 1890 - 1973

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor and ink over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 49.2 x 31.6 cm (19 3/8 x 12 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1998.140.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Bayside, NY (estate sale, 1988); private collection, U.S.; (Sotheby's, New York, 23 September 1993, no. 272); Robert Nowinski, Seattle; (Hirschl and Adler), New York; purchased by NGA, 1998.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2001
A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 28.
2017
American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1999
Robison, Andrew. :"Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Generation." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art no. 21 (Spring 1999): 11, repro.
2001
A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 28.
2016
National Gallery of Art. Highlights from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2016: 280, 281, repro.
2017
Foster, Kathleen A. American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017: 352, no. 300.
Inscriptions
lower right in black ink: S. Van Vranken / 1914 / "Generation"-Life-Cycle-Series No I. / Tinted Sketch for Synchromie in Red
Watermarks
Whatman
Wikidata ID
Q64632723