Studies for "Sowing the Word"

c. 1868

Daniel Huntington

Associated Names
Daniel Huntington

Artist, American, 1816 - 1906

The image displays a drawing of a person in profile, with a detailed face, styled hair, and simple clothing. A larger sketch of the person's facial features is also shown separately. The drawing is done on blue paper with white and grey pencil, with minimal background details.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ira Spanierman, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 32, no. 226.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: For Sowing the Word / (A. P. Stokes [not deciphered] pictures); lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 7711 A Spanierman

Wikidata ID

Q64540746

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