Awnings and Umbrellas (Benares) (Primary Title)
Second Indian Set (Set Title)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Artist)
Ernest Stephen Lumsden, English, 1883–1948 (Printer)
Typical of Benares pictures from Lumsden’s second trip to India, this plate shows people along the riverside, most sheltering from the sun under awnings and umbrellas made of bamboo, fabric, and thatch. Direct, gestural lines describe the figures and their delicate refuges. Tall bamboo poles sporadically break the horizontal composition’s monotony. Dark, dense lines indicate not only proximity to the viewer but also the depth of cooling shadow against the scorching light.
ed. 50
Signed in graphite "Lumsden, imp" at bottom center
Title inscribed in graphite by the artist(?) on recto.
Gift of Frank Raysor
Light and Line: E. S. Lumsden's Visions of India, VMFA South Asian Galleries, April 11, 2016 - April 4, 2017
Copley, John. “The Later Etchings of E. S. Lumsden”, The Print Collector’s Quarterly, July 1936. Includes a chronological list, 1905-1935, compiled by E. S. Lumsden.
©artist or artist’s estate
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