Two Peasants, c. 1870-1890

Not on View

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 20.16 × 19.05 cm (7 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2015.19.1019

Artists / Makers

Daniel Ridgway Knight (artist) American, 1839 - 1924

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: Knight

Provenance

J. L. Eysmans, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; (Robert S. Sloan Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Robert S. Sloan Gallery

Exhibition History

1989: A Pastoral Legacy: Paintings and Drawings by American Artists Ridgway Knight and Aston Knight, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Christie's, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, 1989-1990, fig. 18, repro

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. 86, no. 546.