Ellen Phelan

Garden Drawing: Small Shrub

1984

Soft charcoal drawing of a dark, cloud-like mass hovering above a flat, misty surface.

Soft charcoal drawing of a dark, cloud-like mass hovering above a flat, misty surface.

Not on view

Date
1984

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (31.1 × 36.2 cm)

Accession number
2008.124.3

Credit line
Gift of Altria Group, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Ellen Phelan / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/34053

Part of a series:
Garden Scrolls and Garden Drawings
7 works

Dark smoky charcoal clouds blend into a lighter mist above a calm, shadowed surface.

Large abstract black and gray ink wash suggesting billowing clouds over a faint horizon.

Soft charcoal drawing of a dark, cloud-like mass hovering above a flat, misty surface.

Dark abstract ink wash suggesting stormy clouds over a misty landscape.

Soft black-and-white watercolor shows a misty riverside with trees and reflections.

Tall vertical charcoal wash with smoky dark-to-light gradient and worn paper edges.

Large vertical sheet with dark charcoal wash and textured marks, showing worn edges.

See also

Ellen Phelan
Small Shrub
1990

Ellen Phelan
30 works in the collection, 3 exhibitions

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