Vieille Femme aux Champs, Marne

1912

Lester George Hornby

Associated Names
Lester George Hornby

Artist, American, 1882 - 1956

The image depicts a rural landscape in an etching style. An old woman is seen tending to a field with a tool. A tree with detailed foliage is to the left. The horizon line is low, providing a wide view. Fields extend into the distance with faint shapes of trees or shrubs. The sky is textured with clouds in linear strokes. The color palette is monochromatic with various shades of gray, emphasizing contrast between foreground and background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.72 × 19.84 cm (6 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.77 × 32.39 cm (9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1237

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Falk 1984, no. 107

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

1984

  • Falk, Peter Hastings. Lester G. Hornby: Painter-Etcher, Including a Checklist of the Artist's Etchings. Madison, Connecticut: P. Hastings Falk Fine Art Research, 1984, p. 10, no. 107.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Vieille Femme aux Champs; lower right in plate: L.G. Hornby / Marne; lower left in graphite: Vieille Femme aux Champs, Marne.; lower center in graphite: 25 imps.; lower right in graphite: L.G. Hornby; lower center edge in graphite: Salon 1912 / In So. Kensington Museum / 25 imps.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77012029

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