Herman Menzel

The Sawkill River
1930

A stylized painting depicting a man standing on the right, gazing at a waterfall to his left. The scene is rendered with smooth, flowing lines and a muted color palette, featuring shades of green, brown, and red. The waterfall cascades into a serene pool below, surrounded by rocks and a backdrop of steep cliffs partially covered by dark green foliage. The man is dressed in a yellow shirt and black pants, and the artwork is signed with the initials "H.N." and dated 1930 in the lower right corner.
A stylized painting depicting a man standing on the right, gazing at a waterfall to his left. The scene is rendered with smooth, flowing lines and a muted color palette, featuring shades of green, brown, and red. The waterfall cascades into a serene pool below, surrounded by rocks and a backdrop of steep cliffs partially covered by dark green foliage. The man is dressed in a yellow shirt and black pants, and the artwork is signed with the initials "H.N." and dated 1930 in the lower right corner.

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Date
1930

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 18 1/16 × 22in. (45.9 × 55.9 cm)

Accession number
95.64

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dr. Sewall H. Menzel and purchase, with funds from the John I.H. Baur Purchase Fund and the Grace Belt Endowed Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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