Salt Shanties

1880

Charles A. Platt

Associated Names
Charles A. Platt

Artist, American, 1861 - 1933

The image shows a wooden building on stilts near a waterway. The roof, crane, landscape, and surrounding structures are depicted with detailed line work characteristic of etching. The color scheme is monochromatic, with black shades on a pale beige background. In the distance, faint outlines of other structures are visible. The building's reflection in the water is depicted with delicate lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams, 1958)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 6.99 × 11.43 cm (2 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 × 31.12 cm (9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.909

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rice 1889, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1889

  • Rice, Richard A. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Works of Charles A. Platt. New York: The De Vinne Press, 1889, p. 7, no. 2.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: C.A.P.; lower right in graphite [erased]: Slat Shanties / (R. 2)

Wikidata ID

Q77012431

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