Venice, Rebuilding the Campanile

1911

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows an architectural scene with towering columns and a tall clock tower at the center. The view is from street level, highlighting the structures' height. Columns on the left and right have sculptures on top. The scene has fine, sketch-like brushwork creating details and shadows. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black and grey. People and architectural details are visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6892

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 217

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 166.

1995

  • Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Rebuilding the Campanile, Venice.

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022591

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