Branding

Claire Falkenstein, Branding, 1943, India ink, colored pencil, pencil and watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Claire Falkenstein McCarthy Trust, 1998.24.4
Claire Falkenstein, Branding, 1943, India ink, colored pencil, pencil and watercolor on paper, 14 1218 34 in. (36.847.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Claire Falkenstein McCarthy Trust, 1998.24.4

Artwork Details

Title
Branding
Date
1943
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
14 1218 34 in. (36.847.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Claire Falkenstein McCarthy Trust
Mediums Description
India ink, colored pencil, pencil and watercolor on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
  • Figure
  • Animal — cattle
  • Occupation — farm — animal husbandry
Object Number
1998.24.4

Artwork Description

Claire Falkenstein grew up riding her horse along Coos Bay in Oregon and began incorporating animals into her art at an early age. Though her preferred medium shifted dramatically during her seven-decade career – from painting and drawing to jewelry and monumental sculpture – much of her work retained the sense of motion and interwoven parts that characterize Branding. In Falkenstein’s vision of cattle branding, close inspection reveals the outline of steers, male figures, a branding iron, hooves, and a fence.

Abstract Drawings, 2012

Works by this artist (81 items)

East Baltimore Documentary Survey Project
Dateca. 1975
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Houses were built in close proximity to packing houses and canneries at the turn of the century, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1098, © 1975, George Jadowski
Houses were built in close proximity to packing houses and…
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, McElderry Park, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1161, © 1975, George Jadowski
McElderry Park
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Neighborhood boys by the Bankard-Gunther Mansion, Butchers Hill. The mansion, built in 1864, was originally the home of a well-to-do butcher who amassed his fortune during the Civil War by selling his beef and pork products to the Union Army, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1154, © 1975, George Jadowski
Neighborhood boys by the Bankard-Gunther Mansion, Butchers…
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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