One of the Figures at the Parterre d'Eau
ca. 1911 or 1913
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 26.7 × 21.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-136193
Carroll Beckwith painted this work on one of his two trips to Versailles, France, where he created about twenty-two paintings of garden statues. This painting was an outdoor study, which allowed Beckwith to focus on the colorful effects of light on the sculpture and the landscape. The greenish tint of the statue may also be the result of its deterioration. When Beckwith was in France, the governm…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution
Registry history
- ca. 1911 or 1913 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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