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Market Day, Oviedo

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names

Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

This painting shows a busy market scene with buildings, animals, and people in muted colors. The marketplace is detailed, with animals like donkeys and urban architecture in the background. The faces of the people are suggested with loose, overlapping lines. The scene exudes movement and interaction through visible brushstrokes.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

overall: 13.9 x 21.1 cm (5 1/2 x 8 5/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.1608

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1930

Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 9.

Inscriptions

lower right: Muirhead Bone; in later hand, lower left verso: Market-Oviedo / Day

Wikidata ID

Q64632436

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