To Lynn Ward by Jay Moon https://www.nga.gov/artworks/58775-lynn-ward
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon 76" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon 76" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon 75" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
"canyon clouds" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
"OK 2 Print" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
He looks off to the left and grips the white cloth with the hand closer to the woman
We don’t know their names, but they are a lovely couple. He is dignified, with watch chain, derby, and cane.
He wears a three-piece tuxedo and holds a bowler hat and cane in his right hand,
Like his compatriot Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain forged his career in Rome. Claude’s vision of the Roman countryside is grounded in a careful observation of nature, but he transformed the landscape into a timeless, idealized world through his masterful rendering of sunlight and strict structuring of space.
He braces a long staff in his far hand, and raises his right hand, closer to us,
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as he turned from a career as a painter and a graphic and tapestry designer to concentrate on sculpture, Aristide Maillol was shaping what would become the leitmotif of his career. The subject that inspired him was the female nude, carefully observed but transmuted by underlying geometric forms into a kind of architecture, evoking the timeless rather than the individual.
She holds her left hand, to our right, to that cheek so the elbow is close to the
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon ’77" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon ’75" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand