October Afternoon
1946 (published 1947)
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etching in black
Dimensions
plate: 24.1 × 34.6 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/8 in.) sheet: 32.3 × 42 cm (12 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.3712
Art Historical Context
**October Afternoon** by Jackson Lee Nesb captures the quiet beauty of postwar America in this 1946 etching, published the following year. Created just after World War II, print reflects a moment of national recovery and introspection, when artists like Nesbitt turned to intimate depictions of everyday rural life. Nesbitt, a skilled American printmaker known for his precise line work, evokes the crisp essence of an autumn day—likely through subtle textures of falling leaves, distant hills, or farmsteads bathed in golden light. Etching in black ink on a modest plate (24.1 × 34.6 cm), this inta...