Untitled (Logging, With Paul Bunyan and Babe)

1940s

James Scales Watrous

Associated Names
James Scales Watrous

Artist, American, 1908 - 1999

This is a drawing of oxen yoked to a plow. The image shows a pair of oxen in the foreground, captured in mid-movement as they are yoked together, pulling a heavy plow. The drawing uses strong lines to convey power and motion. The background features stylized textures likely representing furrows in the field. The image skillfully uses shading to give depth and texture to the oxen’s bodies and the landscape.
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Signed: "James Watrous" on stone, lower left corner; "James Watrous" in brown ink, lower left corner

Wikidata ID

Q76457317