The Steps

1892

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows stone steps leading into a wooded area. At the top of the steps, two figures with umbrellas are visible. Trees and a canopy of branches define the horizon. The textured composition is rendered with thin lines. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of beige and dark brown, resembling an etching. Leaves and branches add detail in the foreground, emphasizing the natural setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 7.2 cm (10 × 2 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.11 × 7.2 cm (10 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2283

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 113

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); 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 lower left: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite on verso lower center: R113 / a526922 / (not deciphered) / bottom left: K8117 J4192

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954673

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