Near the Window
Luigi Lucioni, American (born Italy), 1900 - 1988
1929
Etching on wove paper
not editioned; proofs only
Plate: 7 1/16 × 5 in. (17.9 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 5 5/8 in. (20.3 × 14.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.339
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: Luigi Lucioni 1929
Label
This dramatic etching portrays an amaryllis—a plant traditionally given during the winter holiday season—against a brightly illuminated winter sky in New York’s Washington Square. Bare trees outside the window reinforce the seasonality of this image, while the amaryllis invites us to consider whether it has already bloomed or if its bloom is still to come.
From the 2024 exhibition Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art, curated by Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Publication History
Stuart P. Embury, The Etchings of Luigi Lucioni: A Catalogue Raisonne, n.p., 1984, p. 21, under no. 35.
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
Catalogue Raisonne
Embury, no. 35
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