Man Running from Elephants, 1901

Not on View

Medium

watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper mounted to board

Dimensions

sheet: 33.66 × 24.13 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
board: 43.5 × 34.29 cm (17 1/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee)

Accession Number

2015.19.513

Artists / Makers

Peter Newell (artist) American, 1862 - 1924

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in red gouache: COPYRIGHT. 1901 BY NOYES/PLATT & CO.; lower right in red gouache: Peter Newell; center right mount in graphite: Colors / Black / Red / Blue / Yellow

Provenance

James Parmelee, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1941; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Parmelee, James

Exhibition History

1981: The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 22

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. 124, no. 833.