The Well

c. 1931

Anne Goldthwaite

Associated Names
Anne Goldthwaite

Artist, American, 1869 - 1944

This is a drawing of a water well with surrounding landscape. The image depicts a rustic well contraption with a pulley hoisted above the well's opening. The composition is simple, rendered using monochromatic shades, and there are minimal details to the environment. The horizon is suggested in the background with gently rendered lines and there are two birds in flight.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. (via Mann-Williams Antiques), New York, NY); Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 5 May 1989; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1982

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Anne Goldthwaite: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Alabama: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1982, p. 120, no. 291.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: The Well Ed. 30; lower center: Anne Goldthwaite.

Wikidata ID

Q76455107

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