In a French Village

1920-1923

Walter Griffin

Associated Names
Walter Griffin

Artist, American, 1861 - 1935

The image shows a pastoral scene with a building featuring distinct architecture as the central focus. The style is impressionistic with soft, sketch-like brushstrokes and a color palette of muted earthy tones. A tree with budding greenery leans slightly in the foreground, and other rooftops and shrubbery are visible in the distance.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Armistead Peter, III (Caroline Ogden-Jones), Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 123, no. 826.

Inscriptions

lower right in black pastel: GRIFFIN.

Wikidata ID

Q64634031

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