Conestoga Wagon

1938

H. Langden Brown

Associated Names
H. Langden Brown

Artist, American, 1879 - 1960

The image shows a covered wooden wagon with large wooden wheels and a canvas cover. The color palette is mainly muted and earthy, with shades of brown and beige dominating the scene. The wagon fills the frame, with details visible including the spokes of the wheels and the texture of the canvas. The left side of the wagon points slightly forward, providing a view of the wheel structure and hitching mechanism extending to the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.9 x 61.1 cm (18 1/16 x 24 1/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: bed: 10'5" long; Axel 17" from ground

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.17987

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 664, no. 2439.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: H. Langden Brown

Wikidata ID

Q64572868

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