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Dance of Centaurs

1926

George Overbury (Pop) Hart

Associated Names

George Overbury (Pop) Hart

Artist, American, 1868 - 1933

This is a drawing of mythological beings in a rocky landscape with waterfalls. The drawing depicts an array of figures in a flowing water scene comprising waterfalls, streams, and swirls. Figures include some resembling centaurs and others appearing as human-like figures amidst the landscape elements. Various poses suggest movement and interaction. Water cascades down rocks in the background, while figures are depicted in the foreground. Light, shadow, and fluid lines enhance the mythical and energetic quality of the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

aquatint and softground in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 326 x 231 mm
sheet: 379 x 276 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2362
Catalogue Raisonné

Cahill 1928, no. 50

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1928

Cahill, Holger. George O. 'Pop' Hart: Twenty-Four Selections from His Work. New York: The Downtown Gallery, 1928, p. 23, no. 50.

1991

Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 19.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Hart; lower right in graphite: Pop Hart; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: Dance of Centaurs

Wikidata ID

Q76550895

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