Roofs and Steeple

Charles Demuth

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935). Roofs and Steeple, 1921. Watercolor and graphite on textured wove paper, 14 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (36.5 x 26.5 cm) Frame: 24 x 18 x 1 1/2 in. (61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 50.159. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Roofs and Steeple

Date

1921

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on textured wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

14 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (36.5 x 26.5 cm) Frame: 24 x 18 x 1 1/2 in. (61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower left: 'C. Demuth 1921.'

Inscriptions

Several graphite notations on verso: '1025', '4" white', '3522', '212'

Markings

Watermark in lower right, reads correctly from recto: 'A.L.' in circular design

Credit Line

Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

50.159

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