Obscure Turning, Venice

c. 1914

Clifford Addams

Associated Names
Clifford Addams

Artist, American, 1876 - 1942

This is a painting of a dimly lit façade of a building with visible balconies and archways. The composition features a textured surface that creates a mysterious and atmospheric effect, with soft, blurred lines and muted colors. The faint impression of architecture, such as windows and arches, emerges from the shadows, with some light hinting at structures within.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint with graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Jack Vanderryn)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.85 × 19.69 cm (11 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 41.59 × 27.46 cm (16 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3293

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hausberg 1984, no. 20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Whistler and His Circle in Venice, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Grolier Club, New York; Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina, 2003-2004

Bibliography

1984

  • Hausberg, Meg. Clifford Addams: Etchings and Drypoints. London: N.W. Lott & H.J. Gerrish, 1984, no. 20.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: A imp.; lower right in graphite: Clifford Addams; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: An Obscure Turning II; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 62; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: (h)

Wikidata ID

Q77010149

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