The Guzman Palace and Serenos, León

Maker Muirhead Bone (British, 1876-1953)

Collections

British Drawing Highlights

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumconte crayon over graphite with opaque matte paint (est. opaque watercolor) on wove paper

Dimensions17 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (45.4 × 26.5 cm.)

SignedSigned in lower center of recto in conte crayon: Muirhead Bone / Leon

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Russel and Hannah Kully

Status

Not on view

Label TextBone captures the sixteenth-century Guzman Palace, in northern Spain, from an oblique angle, emphasizing its monumentality. Initially trained as an architect, Bone switched to studying art, but his knowledge of buildings and their construction informs a large portion of his work. Buildings were indeed frequent subjects of his watercolors and graphite drawings. In this example, the building is set in a rich, velvety darkness populated with cloaked figures walking beneath a black sky dotted with stars (2022).

Object number2003.2