Waiting by Emma Amos https://www.nga.gov/artworks/228240-waiting
"Waiting" lower center margin, white colored pencil, artist’s hand.
"Waiting" lower center margin, white colored pencil, artist’s hand.
Not dated. "2" [encircled] verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown 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,
"Yoruba Couple" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "3/100" lower center
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.
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,