The Afterglow, Grand Canyon, Arizona

c. 1904

Lucien Whiting Powell

Artist, American, 1846 - 1930

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Washington Water Color Club, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1905; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1905

  • 10th Annual Exhibition, Washington Water Color Club, Washington, DC, 1905

1924

  • Water Colors by Lucien W. Powell, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1924

1977

  • Changing Prospects: Views of America on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Tour of Canada), 1977-1979

2006

  • American Landscape: Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

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. 97, no. 634.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Lucien Powell; upper center verso in graphite: The Afterglow / Grand Canyon / Ariz.

Wikidata ID

Q64594120

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