Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1968.16.4.2 |
Object Name |
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Description |
"Lock No. 5 Near Hunters Point," 1947, woodcut by A. Ross Pittman. See also 1968.16.4.1, the original drawing for this image. Inscribed lower left, in pencil, below image: Lock No. 5 near Hunters Point Signed lower right, in pencil, below image: A. Ross Pittman Part of the Cumberland River Series. Labeled in pencil, "#4." The lock is near Lebanon, Tennessee. Dr. A. Ross Pittman was a neuropsychiatrist and former medical missionary in India. Pittman took up printmaking in the 1936 as a hobby, and studied under George A. Bradshaw at the School of Industrial Arts in Trenton, New Jersey. This drawing and print come from the Cumberland River series, which were made from "on the spot sketches and my own snap shots on the spot," in the words of Pittman. The Cumberland River is a major Southern waterway. This print depicts Lock No. 5 in the Cumberland River Dam near Lebanon, Tennessee, the birthplace of Pittman. |
Title |
Lock No. 5 Near Hunters Point |
Date |
1947 |
Role of Creator |
Artist |
Creator |
Pittman, A. Ross |
Medium |
woodcut |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-10.312 W-12.5 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of the artist |
Place of Origin |
US |
Subjects |
Dam construction Dams Landscape prints Landscapes Locks (Hydraulic engineering) Rivers Tennessee Water |
Relation |
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