Stone Quarry

Painting

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Stone Quarry

Entry/Object ID

2017.15

Description

Cool toned landscape of industrial setting featuring a stone quarry among a few red buildings.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Context

In Stone Quarry, Ponsen illustrates his interest in landscapes familiar to the American working class during the depression area. The stones are painted in softly rendered brushstrokes in warm grey tones and the sky above the quarry is very faint light blue with both colors emphasizing a welcoming pastoralism to an otherwise cold industrial setting. Though this work is representational, Ponsen employs a painterly approach through gesture and palette.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.15-17

Source or Donor

Arthur D. James

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur D. James

Made/Created

Artist

Ponsen, Tunis

Date made

1932

Ethnography

Notes

North America US Danish

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Bottom/Center

Transcription

[Artists Signature]

Notes

Inscription Type: Black Oil Paint

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

landforms (terrestrial), natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), boundary stones, site elements

Hierarchy Name

Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name)

Facet

Objects Facet

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Stone quarrying, Landscape paintings, Working class

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

20 in

Length

24 in

Exhibitions

Notes

Was exhibited at the 1933 AIC Century of Progress