Russell Cheney Painting in the Hills
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
SubjectPortrait of
Russell Cheney
American, 1881 - 1945
Date1910 - 1940
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (13.3 × 8.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Edith Cowles Poor
DescriptionView of Russell Cheney painting outdoors. He is holding an artist's palette and leaning forward to paint on a small canvas that is propped on an easel on the left. There is a box of supplies sitting on the ground under the easel. Russell appears to be standing on the side of a road, which runs horizontally in the foreground. There are fields, trees, hills, and a few buildings in the background. This photograph was printed as a postcard.
Object number2008.38.34
MarkingsPrinted in dark gray ink on verso: "POSTKARTE / [overlapping letters within a rectangular box:] KLTD / [horizontal double line] / [vertical double line]"InscribedHandwritten in black ink on verso: "vous connaissez / peutêtre cet homme qui / fait une bonne peinture. Comme / vous voyes travaille-t-il de foute / sa force. Sans doute est-il content! / D'ailleurs: C'est un très chéri / ami de moi, cet homme - oui! / D'ites luis, s'il vous plait, mes / salutations les plus cordiales, / Quand vous le voyes peutêtre... / B. / Aujourd'hui, votre deuxième / lettre mille fois mouri! / (Mais òn restant la lettre de / mercredi soir?)"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph.Russell Cheney, the youngest of Knight Dexter Cheney and Edith Cowles Poor's eleven children, was an artist.
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