Mowing the Hay
William Zorach, American (born Lithuania), 1889 - 1966
1915
Watercolor over graphite indications on Japanese laid paper
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 7/16 in. (27.7 × 36.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from the Cremer Foundation in memory of J. Theodor Cremer
W.988.55
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: Wm Zorach/1915-
Course History
ARTH 17, The Power of Place: Urban and Rural Images in American Art, 1900-1945, Sarah Powers, Winter 2014
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 249.
Provenance
The artist; given to his son, Tessim Zorach, Bath, Maine; given to his son, Timothy Zorach, Portland, Maine; sold to present collection, 1988.
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