The Camp, the New Architecture

1917

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

The image shows an aerial view of a cityscape with buildings, streets, and people. The perspective leads the eye along a central path of rooftops towards a horizon line of trees. The style features detailed sketching with fine, linear strokes creating movement and texture. The color palette is monochromatic in varying shades of black, white, and gray. Closest to the viewer, people are seen on rooftops and streets, some engaged in activity on a construction site.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6910

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1931, no. 466


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1931

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

Wikidata ID

Q65022610

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