Images(2)

Painting

Object number2023.36.2

Artist Nat Youngblood (1916 - 2009)

MediumWatercolor paint; Paper; Colored pencil; Ink; Adhesive tape

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Goldstein

DescriptionWatercolor painting study on rectangular off-white paper. Painting depicts an interior domestic scene with a family of five gathered around the hearth; each member is at work on a domestic chore including needlework, washing, and butter churning. Gray stone wall surrounds the hearth and there are wooden beams on the ceiling and wooden floorboards. Hanging from the ceiling is corn and a vessel. Various household goods sit atop the mantel and on the neighboring wall. Long rifle mounted on the front of the mantel. Edges of scene are only sketched in. White margins surround the painted area. Reverse of paper has rough brown texture with two strips of white adhesive tape along top edge. DimensionsHeight x Width: 7.313 x 9.125 in. (18.6 x 23.2 cm)
SignedArtist signature in black ink below the painted area in the viewer's bottom right corner "Nat Youngblood".
InscriptionsAlong the viewer's right margin is handwritten text in blue colored pencil "VIGNETTE [arrow pointing toward the painted area] DROP OUT ALL WHITES".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of watercolors from Nat Youngblood's Pioneer series.

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