William Street

1904

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows a cityscape with a narrow urban street lined with tall buildings. The perspective leads the eye down the street towards a vanishing point. The buildings are depicted with loose, sketchy brushstrokes in black, gray, and white. Small figures resembling pedestrians are visible, adding scale. The horizon is obstructed by the buildings, and the sky is cloudy with abstract strokes. The color palette is monochromatic, creating a dynamic urban atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.08 × 13.02 cm (9 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.62 × 17.62 cm (10 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1346

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 155

  • Series Title

    Iconophiles

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

Exhibition History

1990

  • Haden, Whistler, Pennell: Three Master Printmakers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, no. 88, repro

Bibliography

1931

  • Wuerth, Louis A. Catalogue of the Lithographs of Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1931, p. 53, no. 155.

Inscriptions

lower center on stone: J Pennell; lower left in graphite: Pennell

Markings

embossed lower left: SHUTZE / DIE / MARKE / GOTT / [windmill]; stamped lower left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012443

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