Untitled (NMG 1,264)

Will Henry Stevens, Untitled (NMG 1,264), ca. 1945, pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Janet Stevens McDowell, 1988.58.2
Copied Will Henry Stevens, Untitled (NMG 1,264), ca. 1945, pastel on paper, sheet: 14 5⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in. (37.2 x 50.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Janet Stevens McDowell, 1988.58.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (NMG 1,264)
Artist
Date
ca. 1945
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 14 5⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in. (37.2 x 50.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Janet Stevens McDowell
Mediums
Mediums Description
pastel on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape
  • Abstract
Object Number
1988.58.2

Artwork Description

Much of Will Henry Stevens’s work reflects an appreciation and respect for the natural world, as in this abstracted landscape of trees. Despite growing up in the Midwest, Stevens often depicted the wilderness of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia in paintings that reflected the influence the Song Dynasty (960-1279) had on his work. Stevens first saw paintings from this period at the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC, around 1912.

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