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Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a rectangular piece of paper with a black border around it. The paper is divided into two sections. The left section is mostly blank and light gray, with some darker gray spots and two small black dots. The right section has many horizontal lines drawn on it, varying in thickness and spacing. The lines are mostly concentrated in the bottom-right corner, where they are darker and more dense. The background of the image is solid white. The title of the work is "Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII)" and the artist is William Trost Richards.

Artwork Details

Date
1886
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 488 px
Public Domain
Yes
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