Near the Rialto, Venice

Mabel Pugh, Near the Rialto, Venice, ca. 1923-1926, linoleum cut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the North Carolina Museum of Art (Gift of the artist, 1977), 2020.4.11
Mabel Pugh, Near the Rialto, Venice, ca. 1923-1926, linoleum cut on paper, sheet: 13 × 8 5⁄8 in. (33.0 × 21.9 cm), irregular image: 9 1⁄2 × 7 3⁄8 in. (24.0 × 18.7 cm), irregular mount: 14 1⁄4 × 10 1⁄4 in. (36.2 × 26 cm), irregular, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the North Carolina Museum of Art (Gift of the artist, 1977), 2020.4.11

Artwork Details

Title
Near the Rialto, Venice
Artist
Date
ca. 1923-1926
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 13 × 8 5⁄8 in. (33.0 × 21.9 cm), irregular image: 9 1⁄2 × 7 3⁄8 in. (24.0 × 18.7 cm), irregular mount: 14 1⁄4 × 10 1⁄4 in. (36.2 × 26 cm), irregular
Credit Line
Transfer from the North Carolina Museum of Art (Gift of the artist, 1977)
Mediums Description
linoleum cut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Waterscape — canal
  • Cityscape — Italy — Venice
  • Architecture — bridge
Object Number
2020.4.11
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2020.4.11

Artwork Description

By the twentieth century, Venice offered a vibrant tourist industry that was easy for American visitors to navigate, including single young women. Pugh worked in Venice in 1921 while touring Europe on a scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, filling her sketchbooks with records of the principal sights. She later converted these designs into linoleum block prints that led to commissions for book and magazine illustrations. These travel images cemented her reputation as an innovative printmaker and designer. In this view of the Rialto Bridge, Pugh includes a young female artist at work on the lower left, presumably inserting herself into the scene.

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Works by this artist (6 items)

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Bill Beirne, Breathe, 1972, single-channel video, black and white, sound; 10:24 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund, 2015.6.1, © 1972, Bill Beirne
Breathe
Artist
Date1972
single-channel video, black and white, sound; 10:24 minutes
Not on view
Bill Beirne, Lights of Glass, 1971, 16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:44 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund, 2015.6.4, © 1971, Bill Beirne
Lights of Glass
Artist
Date1971
16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:44 minutes
Not on view
Bill Beirne, Drawing, 1972, single-channel video, black and white, sound; 12:42 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund, 2015.6.3, © 1972, Bill Beirne
Drawing
Artist
Date1972
single-channel video, black and white, sound; 12:42 minutes
Not on view
Bill Beirne, Cross Reference, 1976, two-channel video installation, color, sound; 32:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Gene Davis Memorial Fund, 2015.6.2, © 1976, Bill Beirne
Cross Reference
Artist
Date1976
two-channel video installation, color, sound; 32:00 minutes
Not on view

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Running Outburst
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Date1975
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Bill Viola, Silent Life from The Reflecting Pool- Collected Work 1977-80, 1979, 13:14 minutes, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.16.3, © 1979 Bill Viola. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Silent Life from The Reflecting Pool- Collected Work 1977 – 80
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Date1979
13:14 minutes, color, sound
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Woody Vasulka, Explanation from Selected Works, 1974, 11:45 minutes, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.14.4, © 1974 Woody Vasulka. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Explanation from Selected Works
Artist
Date1974
11:45 minutes, color, sound
Not on view