Henry Roderick NewmanAmerican, 1833–1918Abu Simbel
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- The museum
About the work
This watercolor provides a close-up view of the Abu Simbel temples, which were buried in sand until their rediscovery in the 19th century. The American artist Henry Roderick Newman portrayed their architecture in multiple drawings between 1894 and 1913. In this later work, he meticulously layered dots and other marks to capture the tonality of sand and desert light.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2018.72
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Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
