Greendyke Street

1891

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a street scene with a row of buildings seen from a sidewalk. The buildings have a worn appearance and signs indicate businesses like a wholesale fruit merchant and a clothing store. The artist uses fine lines to depict architectural details. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of brown and beige. Figures are shown on the pavement, contributing to the lively street atmosphere. Other figures and elements are seen in the distance, blending into the buildings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10 × 15.2 cm (3 15/16 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 15.6 × 20.5 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2238

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 88

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: [shop signs]; bottom right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite bottom left: R88 / (not deciphered); bottom right: A39928; verso bottom left: e22284; 18 (circled); 35 (circled); upper left: 4

Watermarks

partial of femaile holding a (staff?)

Wikidata ID

Q64954573

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