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Sketches of Canoes and Figures, Mexico
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
February–April 1889
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 10.2 × 16.6 cm (4 × 6 9/16 in.)
- Culture
- Mexico
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Mixed sketches of canoes and figures in Mexico. At upper right, an empty canoe is viewed in profile, while below it at upper center, a canoe manned with several figures is piloted by a helmsman with a wide brimmed hat. At lower center, another figure, likely a woman, is shown from behind as she is seated on the water's edge. A jar sits on the ground beside her at left.
