Apse of St.-Didier, Avignon

1922

F.L. Griggs

Associated Names
F. L. Griggs

Artist, British, 1876 - 1938

The image shows a street view looking up at a large stone church with a tall spire dominating the composition on the right side. The street recedes into the distance, creating a vanishing point where the buildings meet the sky. Delicate pencil strokes give texture and depth to the drawing. People are walking along the street, providing scale against the architecture. The color palette is primarily shades of gray, enhancing the texture and shadow of the elements. Additional buildings and a streetlamp are visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.86 × 27.94 cm (16 7/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4689

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Comstock 1966, no. 1288

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • F.L. Griggs, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1945-1946.

Bibliography

1966

  • Comstock, Francis Adams. A Gothic Vision: F. L. Griggs and His Work. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1966, no. 1288.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: F.L.GRIGGS; in unknown hand, lower left in brown ink: L'Abside de St.Didier; in later hand, lower right: (mounting instructions)

Watermarks

LVG below fleur-de-lis (Heawood 1743)

Wikidata ID

Q64561137

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