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Rock - Study For "The Evening Star" by James Cowie
Rock - Study For "The Evening Star"
Rock - Study For "The Evening Star" by James Cowie
Rock - Study For "The Evening Star" by James Cowie

Rock - Study For "The Evening Star"

Artist (Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1886 - 1956)
Mediumpastel on brown wrapping paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsSight Size: Height: 27.7 cm, Width: 22 cm
Frame: Height: 55.2 cm, Width: 39.7 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1984.
Copyright© The Artist's Estate (2002)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000699
About MeThe island rock is situated at the mouth of Dickmont's Den. In the finished painting Cowie has relocated the rock to a position in front of the Needle's E'e.
More About Me

The artist used this sketch of an island rock near Arbroath to help prepare for a rather surrealist oil painting "The Evening Star", which is also in Aberdeen’s collection.

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