Mexican Barbershop

1938

Charles M. Capps

Associated Names
Charles M. Capps

Artist, American, 1898 - 1981

Charles M. Capps

Printer, American, 1898 - 1981

Prairie Print Makers

Publisher

The image displays a street scene showing a winding road surrounded by white-washed buildings. The style of the scene is detailed with fine brushstrokes, giving texture to the buildings and street. A corner of a building is seen with an arched doorway, barred windows, and an overhanging sign. The road extends into the distance, lined with more buildings decreasing in size. The distant mountains dominate the upper part of the image, and the horizon line is not clearly defined. The color palette consists of subdued earth tones, including soft browns and beiges, with the mountains depicted in a slightly darker shade.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.43 × 28.89 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.58 × 39.69 cm (11 1/4 × 15 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1122

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Shaull/Elliott 1994, no. 24

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

Bibliography

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix B, p. 124, no. 8.

1994

  • Shaull, Warren L., and Edwin E. Elliott. Charles M. Capps, Master Printmaker: A Catalogue Raisonné. Witchita, KS: Gall and Shaull, 1994, p. 35, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Capps; lower left in graphite: Mexican Barber Shop; lower right in graphite: Charles M. Capps

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77011703

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