Untitled sketch from Cuba
In May 1898 Glackens was hired by “McClure’s Magazine,” traveling with American troops in Florida and Cuba to report on fighting during the Spanish-American War. This drawing was executed during a three-month period in Cuba and reveals his special talent for character study and direct observation, deriving from his early training as a newspaper artist in Philadelphia. While crayon sketches served as lively, yet efficient “aide-mémoires,” Glackens’s more finished pen-and-ink drawings of troops and battles were published in “McClure’s” and “Munsey’s Magazine,” marking the end of his years as an artist-reporter.
Artwork Details
- Title: Untitled sketch from Cuba
- Artist: William James Glackens (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1870–1938 Westport, Connecticut)
- Date: 1898
- Culture: American
- Medium: Conté crayon on paper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (21.7 × 31.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Corn Conway, in honor of the artist William Glackens and his son Ira, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.934.4
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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