Sermon from Revelations

1937

Peter Hurd

Associated Names
Peter Hurd

Artist, American, 1904 - 1984

Associated American Artists

Publisher

This is a drawing of a nighttime gathering in a forest clearing. The scene depicts people seated and standing among trees, illuminated by a hanging lamp. In the center, an individual appears to be gesturing upward. The lighting creates contrasts, highlighting the central figure and casting shadows around the crowd and the forest. The atmosphere suggests an outdoor event or meeting, possibly with a spiritual or motivational element, inferred from the text at the bottom of the artwork. The artist's technique creates a dynamic composition capturing the energy and intensity of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.24 × 34.29 cm (9 15/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 38.89 × 47.15 cm (15 5/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1244

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meigs 1969, no. 48

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • The Common Touch, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980-1981, no. 24

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983, p. 131, no. 52

Bibliography

1969

  • Meigs, John, ed. Peter Hurd: The Lithographs. Lubbock, Texas: Baker Gallery Press, 1969, no. 48.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 30, no. 198.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Sermon From "Revelations"; lower right in graphite: Peter Hurd

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

RIVES

Wikidata ID

Q77008974

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