Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collection of 5 Watercolors: "The Spinner", "King Lear on the Heath", Pilgrim Man with Model Ship, Young Woman Polishing a Vase, and Formal Garden with Pool and Fountain
Title
Collection of 5 Watercolors: "The Spinner", "King Lear on the Heath", Pilgrim Man with Model Ship, Young Woman Polishing a Vase, and Formal Garden with Pool and Fountain
Date
c. 1905
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink and wash, 3 with scratching out, all on heavy watercolor paper with 4 laid on board
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 26 x 20 in. ( 2.5 x 66 x 50.8 cm )
Description
Formal landscaped gardens with pond and fountain; King Lear on the stormy heath, pilgrim man with model ship, The Spinner, Woman polishing a vase.
Credit Line
Gift of John W. Dunsmore
Object Number
INV.14700
Inscriptions
Two signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "John Ward Dunsmore"; one signed and inscribed at lower left in brown watercolor: "John Ward Dunsmore / 1905"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
