Shanties on the Harlem

1881-1882

Charles A. Platt

Associated Names
Charles A. Platt

Artist, American, 1861 - 1933

The image shows a group of rustic houses near a waterbody from a slightly elevated angle. The horizon is low in the image, meeting a strip of land in the distance against a pale sky. The brushstrokes are linear and detailed, showing wooden textures and shingles. The color palette is sepia-toned, creating a warm, antiquated feel. In the foreground, figures are present on a path and near the water's edge. The scene is captured with precise line work, typical of an etching or drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.8 × 19.37 cm (4 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 31.43 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.911

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rice 1889, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1889

  • Rice, Richard A. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Works of Charles A. Platt. New York: The De Vinne Press, 1889, p. 12, no. 15.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: C.A.P.; lower right in graphite: Charles A. Platt . [underlined]

Wikidata ID

Q77008643

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