Whittaker's Hill
1931 · Drypoint in black on cream wove paper
Image/plate: 22.7 × 30.2 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28.5 × 36.7 cm (11 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Clarence William Anderson
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- BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Clarence William Anderson was an American illustrator and writer known for his detailed drawings of horses and rural life in the early-to-mid twentieth century. Working primarily in pen and ink, he created narrative illustrations for books and periodicals that captured equestrian subjects with anatomical precision and compositional clarity. Anderson authored and illustrated numerous children's books, establishing a distinctive visual vocabulary centered on the relationship between humans and animals in domestic and working contexts.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
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