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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Johnson Mundy, Sculptor

1857

John Quincy Adams Ward

Associated Names

John Quincy Adams Ward

Artist, American, 1830 - 1910

The image shows a man sitting on a high stool, working on a bust. He is dressed in 19th-century attire and appears to be sculpting the bust with a tool. The bust is of a woman with detailed hair and draped clothing. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

John Davis Hatch Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 18 × 14.6 cm (7 1/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

1979.20.116

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996]; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Hatch, Jr., John Davis, Mr.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Johnson Mundy - Brooklyn/57; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: by JQ A Ward / from his notebook

Wikidata ID

Q64583845

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