Mountain Top
Frank Wilcox · c. 1928 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Among his contemporaries, Frank Wilcox was celebrated for his uniquely American style and themes of natural beauty, masculinity, and hard work. This freehand drawing exemplifies all three subjects: a lone man and his hunting dogs rest on a scenic overlook, contemplating the landscape that surrounds them. At a time when more of the North American continent was being settled and farmland turned into factories, this drawing asserted that the old American ideals of freedom and self-sustenance were still attainable. A 1931 article from The Bystander magazine described Wilcox as in constant pursuit of ideal beauty, which discouraged him from making abstract art.
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Details
- Maker
- Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- pencil
- Dimensions
- Image: 35.6 x 43.5 cm (14 x 17 1/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- America
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
