Untitled
ca. 1925-1930
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Library of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
1970.52
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Untitled** by Charles Lee Frank,. 1925-1930, is a captivating drawing from the Smithsonian American Museum's collection, transferred from the institution's libraries and the National Portrait Gallery. Created during the vibrant interwar period, this untitled work captures elements of nature and humanity—featuring a bird, a, and water—in a medium that highlights the artist's skillful use of line and shading typical of early 20th American draftsmanship. Drawings like this one were essential in American art of the 1920s and 1930s, as studies for larger compositions or standalone expressions of...