Rural Composition
1955
Artist, American, 1898 - 1979

Artwork overview
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Medium
silverpoint and graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 11th Area Exhibition Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 40.8 × 50.48 cm (16 1/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.876
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1956; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963
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. 191, no. 1287.
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite: Pietro Lazzari; upper left verso in black ink by unknown hand on adhesive label: PIETRO LAZZARI / 3609 Albemarle St. N.W. / Washington, D.C. / RURAL Compotision / Silverpoint. / 1955 $150.00; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand on adhesive label: Parsons
Wikidata ID
Q64619692