A Manhattan Excavation

1923/1928

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

This is a drawing of a construction site in an urban setting. The scene depicts a deep excavation pit with laid beams, scaffolding, and construction materials in the foreground. Large buildings surround the excavation site, suggesting urban development. The drawing includes streets with vehicles and figures moving around the site, against a backdrop of detailed architecture. Shadows and light are used to add depth to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 46.8 × 33.1 cm (18 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2046

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1930, no. 390, State xix/xix

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1930

  • Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 15.

Bibliography

1948

  • Dodgson, Campbell, and Harold J. Wright. Etchings and Dry-Points by Muirhead Bone, 1898-1939. London: unpublished manuscript (Obach & Co.; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.), c. 1948, no.

Wikidata ID

Q64962183

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