DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Bird's Nest

c. 1890-1895

Artists

Martin MowerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache on off-white card

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.6 x 21.6 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Alfred Mansfield Brooks, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; to Mrs. Arthur Mansfield (Ruth Steele) Brooks, at his death, 1963, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Untitled (Groton, MA, "farm" house, two-page spread)

Otto Piene, 2013

Colored and metallic marker on paper

Drawings

Untitled [Block Houses]

Lyonel Feininger, 1955

Black ink and charcoal on cream laid paper

20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Five Figure Studies; verso: Seated Woman and Child and Other Studies

William Rimmer, 1877

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("Sun Valley Rainbow," right page)

Otto Piene, 1985

Colored marker on paper

Drawings

Pastoral Landscape with Figures

Richard Wilson, 18th century

Charcoal and black crayon on cream paper

18th centuryBritish

Drawings

Two Girls on a Cliff

Winslow Homer, c. 1883

Gray wash and white gouache over graphite and charcoal on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Furniture Designs, 1929-1932: Cabinet: plans, elevations (cancelled) 1:10

Walter Gropius, 1929-1932

Graphite on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (design for Rosenthal fountain, right page)

Otto Piene, 1974

Colored marker on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Untitled [Marine View]

Lyonel Feininger, 1955

Black ink and charcoal on cream laid paper

20th century

Drawings

Lorant Residence, Arlington, Vermont, 1942: Perspective from southeast

Ink on paper

Willem van de Velde II, 17th-18th century

Brown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

17th-18th centuryDutch

Drawings

Untitled [Woman's Head with Hat]

Lyonel Feininger, 3/3/1908

Graphite on paper

20th centuryGerman