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Catalog Number |
1976.1.2502 |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Date |
1958 |
Title/Pattern |
La Corvajo, Taormina (Corvaja de Santa Caterina |
Artist/Author/Creator |
Marjorie Randolph Van Wickle Lyon |
Description |
The drawing depicts the courtyard of La Corvajo in Taormina, Sicily. A set of stone stairs lead up to an arched doorway and an ornate stone landing. Parapets are visible at the top of the buildings. Colors are yellow, red, pink and brown. This is one of several hundred small sketches done by Marjorie Lyon. As a child Marjorie took painting lessons one summer with Mrs. Lulu Pratt, and another with Hannah Drury, both of Bristol. One of her earliest watercolors was done in 1897 when she was 13. Another watercolor dates to around 1900 when she was 16 years old. Marjorie's love of painting blossomed in her late 60's after her husband, George Lyon, died. |
Materials |
Colored Charcoal/Crayon |
Condition |
Good |
Associated with |
Marjorie Randolph Van Wickle Lyon |
Search Terms |
Art Drawing Europe Italy Artwork |
Catalog Sub-category |
Art |