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Cattle Grazing

Artist John Steuart Curry (American, 1897 - 1946)
Date1933
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 15 3/8 × 22 1/2 inches (39.05 × 57.15 cm)
Framed: 19 1/2 × 27 × 1 3/8 inches (49.53 × 68.58 × 3.49 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Thomas F. Eagleton
Object number2000.18
SignedL.r., pencil: "Cattle Grazing John Steuart Curry July 1933"
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DescriptionThe scene represents a group of cattle grazing in a panoramic landscape, on a green field on front of a mountain range. The cattle are shown in profile facing to the left of the composition; two bulls stand in the foreground, while the rest are behind. The sky is bright blue with white clouds, the cattle are brown and white, and the mountains are blue/purple/light green.
Copyright© John Steuart Curry Estate / Kiechel Fine Art
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