Snow on the Cow Path

1941

Charles Culver American, 1908 - 1967

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Title Snow on the Cow Path

Artwork Date 1941

Artist Charles Culver

Life Dates 1908 - 1967

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium India ink and watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions Sheet: 13 1/2 × 19 5/8 inches (34.3 × 49.8 cm) Framed: 20 1/8 × 26 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (51.1 × 67.3 × 4.1 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Bequest of John S. Newberry

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 65.193

Markings

Signed Signed and dated, in pen and black ink, center left: C. Culver 1941

Inscriptions Inscribed, in brush and black pigment, upper center through mid-center, verso: Snow on the Cow Path | done near Clawson Michigan | Jan 1941 | Charles Culver | 1027 Leroy Ave. | Ferndale, Mich. Inscribed, in blue pencil, left center, verso: 3 [circled] - IP 42/11 Inscribed, in pencil, upper & lower right, upper & lower left, written upside down, verso: C. P. Rough

Marks Stamp, paper manufacturer's stamp, in red ink, upper left, verso, vertically: WH[illegible]AN - Perfect Quality | [illegible]ADE-MARK IS YOUR GUARANTEE | [illegible]N Label, affixed lower right: [DIA paper label]

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1965-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

The John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, p. 27.

Orear, Gordon and Elizabeth. Charles Culver : watercolors : landscape, animalia, paraphrase, 2008, p. 22 (pl. 2).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Charles Culver, Snow on the Cow Path, 1941, india ink and watercolor over graphite on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of John S. Newberry, 65.193.