The Hill Wife

1930

Elizabeth Smith

Associated Names
Elizabeth Smith

Artist, American

This is a drawing of a pastoral scene with stylized trees and figures in a landscape. The image is rendered in a monochromatic palette with a bold contrast between the white lines and dark background. It features two figures in the foreground, with one holding an axe and standing on a log. In the background, large, stylized trees are depicted, their curving forms echoing the rolling lines of the hills that stretch across the scene. The lines create a sense of movement and flow between the figures and the natural elements surrounding them.
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Inscriptions

Inscribed: "It was too lonely for her there/And too wild" (within quotes)/"The Hill Wife." (within quotes) Robert Frost" in pencil, lower left; Signed: "Elizabeth Smith, 1930" in pencil, lower right corner

Wikidata ID

Q76456546

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