Underworld Scene with a Man and Woman Enthroned and Death Standing Guard

Robert Caney

Associated Names
Robert Caney

Artist, British, 1847 - 1911

The image displays swirling lines and forms creating a sense of movement within an abstract composition. The shapes resemble arches and structures illuminated with blue and orange shades. Human-like figures seem seated on throne-like structures on the left. Rocky outcroppings and flowing movements on the right resemble molten lava.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13 x 19 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.73

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

probably Miss Dinah Caney (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1973, part of lot 299); (bought by Christopher Powney); Finchden Manor, Tenterden, Kent; Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1977; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 167 (color)

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 7

Wikidata ID

Q64628858

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