Rural Landscape with Resting Cattle
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Catalogue Number:
03
Artist:
Bolton Coit Brown [?] (1865-1936)
Title:
Rural Landscape with Resting Cattle
Work Type:
Drawing
Date:
19th Century
Culture:
American
Medium:
Graphite and Chinese white on tan wove paper
Dimensions:
4 1/2 X 5 in.
Inscriptions & Annotations:
Signed B. N. Brown (graphite); Verso: Annotated 55 (graphite)
Condition:
A pin-hole at lower left, clean, intact, stable
Credit Line:
Cornell College, Gift of Robert Sonnenschein II
Accession Year:
1951
Object Number:
1951.03
Commentary:
“The signature or inscription reads more closely as “B.N.Brown.” A comparison of the signature of Bolton Brown as it appears on the lithographs he printed for George Bellows is agreeably similar.
Bolton Brown is best known for the influence he had on the work of George Bellows. Brown was born in Zena, New York on November 27, 1865, and died in Dresden, New York, September 15, 1936. Brown abandoned his career in painting at mid-life to devote his energies to becoming a master lithographer. He had been a teacher at Stanford University. Brown is also known for his book, Lithography for Artists.” (Alasko)