TitleAn Idle Moment
Artist
Benjamin West Clinedinst
(American, 1859 - 1931)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 24 × 20 in.
Framed: 28 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.
SignedSigned at lower right: "B. WEST CLINEDINST."
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, October 3, 1898
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number245-P
Label TextThis painting of an elderly carpenter by the illustrator, genre and portrait painter Benjamin West Clinedinst was created in the late 19th-century at the height of the industrial revolution, and offers a nostalgic look back at a simpler, bygone era. The darkened woodshed contains elements of the carpenter's existence; the lathe, half-finished pieces of wood, shavings, flay barrel hoops and ax handles offer evidence of his traditionally humble trade. Clinedinst portrays a man who is devoted to his work, though caught at a moment of leisure reading the daily newspaper in order to keep himself abreast of contemporary events outside his rural purview.Collections
- 19th Century Highlights from the Collection
