Governor's Palace

1926

Howard Cook

Associated Names
Howard Cook

Artist, American, 1901 - 1980

The image shows an ink drawing of a street scene with a rustic, adobe-style building. The perspective is at street level, directly facing the building's facade. The focus is on the structure itself, with the roofline and tree branches creating a horizontal boundary. The drawing emphasizes texture with intricate linear brushstrokes detailing the adobe walls, wooden roof supports, and foliage. The color scheme is monochromatic in varying shades of black and white for contrast and shadows. A horse is tied to a post close by, facing left, while a group of men is gathered under the building's overhang in the distance, partially obscured by vertical beams.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodengraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.32 × 20.48 cm (8 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.16 × 23.34 cm (11 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2898

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Duffy 1984, no. 24


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin Hills, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Duffy, Betty and Douglas. The Graphic Work of Howard Cook: A Catalogue Raisonné. Maryland: Bethesda Art Gallery, 1984, p. 54, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: COOK; lower right in graphite: TO MRS. EDITH GABRIEL from Howard Cook imp.

Wikidata ID

Q77012921

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