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Photography by Dwight Primiano
Eye
Photography by Dwight Primiano

Eye

Artist (1822 - 1909)
Dateca. 1870
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions3 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. (9.2 x 10.5 cm)
Framed: 15 7/8 x 15 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (40.3 x 39.1 x 4.1 cm)
ClassificationsWatercolor
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.37
Accession number 2007.37
On View
On view
Provenance(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
Label TextA single eye, drawn precisely and realistically, stares from the center of the page. The red arched lines at the top provide a small clue into the mysterious drawing. Look closely to find the artist’s initials—C and B for Charles Brownell. The drawing is from a sketchbook Brownell kept in the 1860s while courting his future wife, Henrietta Pierce, and could have been a token of affection between the couple, although we do not know if this is Charles’s or Henrietta’s eye.

Un solo ojo, dibujado con precisión y realismo, mira fijamente desde el centro de la página. Las líneas rojas arqueadas en la parte superior nos dan una ligera pista sobre el misterioso dibujo. Si observa con atención, podrá encontrar las iniciales del artista: C y B, de Charles Brownell. El dibujo proviene de un cuaderno de bocetos que Brownell conservó en la década de 1860 mientras cortejaba a su futura esposa, Henrietta Pierce, y podría haber sido una muestra de afecto entre la pareja, aunque no sabemos si se trata del ojo de Charles o el de Henrietta.
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