The Red Steamshovel

c. 1930s

Edgar Nye

Associated Names
Edgar Nye

Artist, American, 1879 - 1943

The image shows a construction site from a slightly elevated perspective. There is a red machinery, possibly an excavator, in the foreground, with several figures around it. In the distance, there is a large beige-colored building with green and blue accents near the left edge of the composition. The sky has swirling clouds in blue and gray. Earthy tones dominate the color palette, with touches of red in the machinery, and bare branches of a tree are visible to the right.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Dunn, Washington, DC; John Dunn and Janice Dunn Rosenberg, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Edgar Nye, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, DC, 1979, no. 34

1983

  • The Capital Image: Painters in Washington, 1800-1915, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, 1983-1984

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. 172, no. 1168.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: E NYE; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: $10.00 / 3 [circled]; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: THE RED STEAMSHOVEL [underlined]

Wikidata ID

Q64556424

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