Brazilian Builders

1933

James E. Allen

Artist, American, 1894 - 1964

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 42.86 × 21.27 cm (16 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.9 × 28.42 cm (19 1/4 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.19.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ryan 1984, no. 59

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Helen and Hoyt Smith, Campbell, New York; A. Thompson Ellwanger, III, and Gregory Mescha, Baltimore, Maryland; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Ryan, Mary. James E. Allen. New York: Mary Ryan Gallery, 1984, p. 33, no. 59.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: To My Good Friends / Helen and Hoyt Smith James E Allen; lower right in graphite: James E Allen; lower left margin in graphite: Building the Dam Brazil 18_00_[zeros underlined and in superscript]

Wikidata ID

Q76342808

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