Images(2)

THE CALF

Artist EDWIN EVANS (1860 - 1946)

Date1899

CountryUtah, USA

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions71.1 x 86.7 cm (28 x 34 1/8") (Image)
Frame: 91.8 x 107 cm (36 1/8 x 42 1/8")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Maria Winder.

Terms

Object number910000800

DescriptionThe image is a farmyard scene in which the foreground contains two juvenile male figures caring for a white calf. One figure dressed in dark colored clothing and a brimmed hat squats down with a basin to feed or water the calf. The second figure is dressed in a light colored shirt and cap and stands stooped over on the left side of the calf. Behind the figures three trees provide shade that cuts across the visual plane diagonally from the lower right corner to the left middle ground producing a dappled light effect on the figures. The right side of the canvas is in full sun and in the middle ground center there is a large hay stack, to the right is a wooden structure with a straw roof and a piece of farming machinery with chickens feeding underneath. The background is filled in with trees.

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