Sunset

1891

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a landscape from an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is visible along the upper third of the composition, with hints of distant hills or trees created with dark, dense horizontal strokes. The artwork uses etching techniques with linear brushstrokes, incorporating dark and light contrasts to define the landscape. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black and gray creating a sense of tranquility. The scene conveys a feeling of vast openness, guiding the viewer's gaze from the lighter foreground to the darker horizon.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.6 × 23.7 cm (5 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.1 × 24.5 cm (5 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2235

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 91, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate bottom right: DYCameron 1891; below plate by later hands across bottom in graphite: SUNSET / 1st state 1891 R91K W30; bottom right: D.Y. Cameron.; verso in graphite lower left: K7645; lower right: +H

Watermarks

Female holding a sceptor in oval with crown above

Wikidata ID

Q64954568

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