The Wine-Dark Sea, Sunium

1913

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image depicts ancient Greek ruins, possibly a temple, with sturdy columns standing. The view is from a lower angle, showing the structures reaching toward the sky. The horizon is low, almost hidden by the ruins which extend on both sides. The drawing shows varying styles of brushstrokes or pencil strokes, from soft shading in the sky to bold lines outlining the stone textures and architectural details. The color palette is monochromatic, focusing on light and shadow contrast. Broken columns and stones are scattered on the ground, leading the eye toward intact columns in the center and vanishing into the sketched sky in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6875

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 322


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

  • Wuerth, Louis A. Catalogue of the Lithographs of Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1931.

Wikidata ID

Q65022574

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