Study for "Sleeping King Ascending"
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balsa wood, graphite, watercolor, and black marker on graph paper
Dimensions
sheet: 40.48 × 50.48 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Maxwell Fund)
Accession Number
2015.19.2558
About the Artist
Robert Stackhouse
Robert Stackhouse, born in 1942 in Bronxville, New York, moved to Polk County, Florida, in 1954 to live with his grandparents at Lundy’s Fish Camp in Auburndale. There, he graduated from Auburndale High School in 1960 and immersed himself in the rhythms of Lake Juliana, rowing, fishing, and observing snakes, alligators, and water moccasins—experiences that profoundly shaped his imagery of "Swimmer...