Midsummer

1954

Thomas W. Nason

Associated Names
Thomas W. Nason

Artist, American, 1889 - 1971

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a landscape with a small cabin surrounded by trees, another structure to its right, rolling hills, tree clusters, a pathway, grazing animals, and clouds in the sky. The scene is rendered in black and white, emphasizing textures and gradations of the landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black in wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.24 × 23.18 cm (6 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.23 × 28.58 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1325

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Comstock & Fletcher 1977, no. 521

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

1977

  • Comstock, Francis Adams, and William D. Fletcher. The Work of Thomas W. Nason, N.A.. Boston: Boston Public Library, 1977, p. 180, no. 521.

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. 136, no. 1239.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: TW Nason 1954; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "Midsummer"

Markings

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

Watermarks

Basingwerk Parchment

Wikidata ID

Q77012379

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