On View
Not on viewObject number1977/8.7
Evening in March
Artist
Jackson Lee Nesbitt
(American, 1913-2008)
Date1942
Mediumetching
Dimensionsimage: 9 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (24.8 × 22.5 cm)
sheet: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Cornelia Robinson
Exhibition History"36 Regionalist prints from the KIA," Dennos Museum Center (Sept. 8 - Nov. 24, 1996), Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (May 17 - July 13, 1997), Midland Center for the Arts (Aug. 2 - Sept. 21, 1997).Label TextJackson Lee Nesbitt, born in McAlester, Oklahoma, devoted his career to depicting the activities of rural and working class Americans. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he came under the influence of Thomas Hart Benton. Evening in March, which shows a weary farmer returning home after a day in the fields, reflects the dynamic line and spatial dislocation associated with the Thomas Hart Benton.
