A Spanish Good Friday, Ronda

1925

Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

The image shows an urban street scene from an elevated angle on the left side of the street. The sky is filled with heavy clouds and the distant horizon shows faint outlines of hills or mountains. Buildings line the street creating a vertical presence. People in dark clothing are seen on the busy street. The art style uses detailed brushstrokes or etching, with strong linear marks for the architecture and softer strokes for shadows and figures. The color palette is monochromatic, emphasizing light and shadow for depth. Shadows cast by figures stretch across the street, indicating directional light from the right side.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Margaret Coughlan)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.07 × 20.48 cm (12 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 46.04 × 33.02 cm (18 1/8 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3267

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson & Wright c. 1948, no. 412, xxix/xxix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Coughlan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1948

  • Dodgson, Campbell, and Harold J. Wright. Etchings and Dry-Points by Muirhead Bone, 1898-1939. London: unpublished manuscript (Obach & Co.; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.), c. 1948, no. 412, xxxix/xxix.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: M. Bone / 1925; lower right in graphite: Muirhead Bone; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a71949 [underlined] / DHA-H1

Wikidata ID

Q77010138

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