Bluemner Sketchbook

1912

Oscar F. Bluemner

Associated Names
Oscar F. Bluemner
Artist, American, 1867 - 1938
The artwork is a page from a sketchbook featuring a combination of watercolor swatches and a landscape sketch. On the left page, there are horizontal bands of colors, including pink, yellow, orange, red, blue, and green, with handwritten notes describing each hue. The right page contains a painted landscape with a scene depicting tall, dark trees and a small white house with a red roof. The scene extends to hills and a horizon under a blue sky with clouds. The colors in the sketch include blues and greens in the middle and background, with yellows and reds in the foreground. Handwritten notes and dates are present on the sketchbook entry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sketchbook with 156 drawings in various media and artist's notes on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Dr. Cyrus Katzen Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 21 x 13.5 x 1.4 cm (8 1/4 x 5 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
    overall (opened): 21 × 27.2 cm (8 1/4 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.89.1.1-156

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe); purchased 1999 by NGA, with funds donated by the Dr. Cyrus Katzen Foundation

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on cover in black ink: Oscar Bluemner / New York / 78 leaves

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