Reading Room

1930

Stanley Anderson

Associated Names
Stanley Anderson

Artist, British, 1884 - 1966

P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd.

Publisher

This is a drawing of an interior scene with individuals sitting at tables, reading. The drawing depicts a serene library setting. The scene is composed of multiple figures seated at tables, engrossed in reading materials. Bookshelves filled with books line the background. The line work is detailed, with subtle shading capturing textures of clothing, wood, and paper. The foreground features a table with a hat and more reading materials.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.51 × 21.59 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.437

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meyrick and Heuser 2015, no. 192

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 225.

Bibliography

2015

  • Meyrich, Robert, and Harry Heuser. Stanley Anderson, Prints: a Catalogue Raisonné. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2015, p. 197, no. 192.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Stanley Anderson; lower center in graphite: Stanley Anderson

Watermarks

Van Gelder Zonen

Wikidata ID

Q64962233

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