Artist: John Middleton Freeman. (Charlottesville, VA c. 1919-2000).
More about the artist read in our eponymous Blog Post.
Title: Rotunda and Long Walk toward UVA Gate.
Signed: M. Freeman l.r. and "Drawn in 1937, by John Middleton Freeman" by artist's hand verso; Titled: Rotunda (East Side Arches) & Long Walk toward U.Va Gate verso.
Dimensions: 9" x 12".
Date: 1937.
Materials and Techniques: Graphite drawing on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Middleton Freeman Portfolio.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note:
- The Rotunda is a building located on The Lawn on the original grounds of the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson designed it to represent the "authority of nature and power of reason" and modeled it after the Pantheon in Rome.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.