On the Ourthe

1907

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows a view of a river winding through a landscape from an elevated perspective. The composition features a high horizon line with water and land stretching into the distance. The etching style includes fine, detailed lines and darker shadow areas. The color palette is monochromatic in sepia tones, creating a timeless feel. Darkened areas near us suggest shadowed riverbanks and trees, while the river narrows in the distance leading towards a lighter horizon under a sky with swirling cloud-like forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.7 × 17.2 cm (4 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 19.3 × 32.4 cm (7 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2428

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 398, State iii/iii

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 lower left: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hand in graphite lower left: [?] 1208/26; bottom center: On the Ourthe; lower right: 2/122; bottom right: EE1791 A6146

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955100

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