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Valance

Mae A. Clarke

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of horses and a chariot. The painting depicts a line of horses with a figure on horseback and a chariot. There are five main figures in the image: a person riding a horse on the left, two horses in the center, and a chariot drawn by two horses on the right. The horses are drawn in a simplistic, stylized manner with elongated bodies and detailed manes. The chariot is a simple two-wheeled cart. The colors are mostly earth tones with blue and brown, and it appears on a textured and fringed background.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1938
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
4935 × 2336 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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