Painter:

Potthast, Edward Henry 1857-1927  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

Ca. 1887-1892

Notes:

"Larkin, Susan G., "American Impressionism: The Beauty of Work," Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2005, no. 11.

Summary:

Farm scene depicting a boy seated in the grass beside a hayfield, his sickle held steady under his right leg, and his attention directed down as he sharpens the blade with a tool held in his right hand.

Topic:

Landscape--Farm  Search this

Figure male--Child  Search this

Occupation--Farm  Search this

Object--Tool--Scythe  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8A870002

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_403058