Blue Valley Fox Hunt

1936 (published 1938)

John Stockton de Martelly

Associated Names
John Stockton de Martelly

Artist, American, 1903 - 1980

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a group of people gathered around a fire under a large tree in a field. There are two dogs present. In the background, there are farmhouses, fields, and trees. The style is detailed with fine brush strokes and it is in black and white, emphasizing light and shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.7 × 41.91 cm (12 7/8 × 16 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 40.01 × 49.53 cm (15 3/4 × 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1305

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    North 1997, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983, no. 51

Bibliography

1997

  • North, Bill. The Prints of John S. de Martelly, 1903-1979. East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Museum, 1997, p. 37, no. 15.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 35, no. 243.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: John S. de Martelly; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Blue Valley Fox Hunt

Markings

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77011562

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