The Commuter
Medium
etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 x 22.2 cm (6 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.2 x 27.8 cm (9 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2005.99.16
About the Artist
George Overbury (Pop) Hart
George Overbury Hart (1868–1933), universally known by his affectionate nickname "Pop," was an American artist of irrepressible wanderlust and genuine originality whose career defied easy categorization. Born in Cairo, Illinois, he spent decades crisscrossing the globe — visiting Mexico, the Caribbean, North Africa, the South Pacific, and Central America — filling notebooks and canvases with obser...