GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Alexandre Hogue blamed the ecological problems in the Great Plains on man’s inept and thoughtless over-cultivation of the land, viewing the plow as the principal agent of the disaster. In his words, prime grazing lands had been destroyed “first by fence, then by overplowing, now by drought.” The devastation of this desertification is evident in his painting Drouth Stricken Area (1934, 1945.6) for which this is a study. In the completed piece, this emaciated cow stands beside a sand-filled watering hole in the lower left of the composition. It and the vulture patiently waiting for the cow's demise, are the only living things in Hogue's arid landscape.
Adapted from
Sue Canterbury, Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series, Label text, 2014.
NOTES
Took the General Description paragraph from the 1st paragraph in Study for "Drouth Stricken Area" 1985.128
Nothing in object file, TMS, brain, etc.
Sue Canterbury, "Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series" label copy (1985.128), January 2014.
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Created in 1933
Exhibition: Lone Star Regionalism :The Dallas Nine and their Circle 1928-1945, February 3, 1985-July 10, 1988
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Depicted location and place of origin: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826
Place of origin: Southwest (general region/United States): TGN: 4010660
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From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the artist, as a gift from Eleanor and C. Thomas May, Jr.
AUDIO ASSETS
- 15662418: UMO [Caption: A Conversation on Alexandre Hogue]
- 16086093: UMO [Caption: Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series, Sue Canterbury]
- 27172833: UMO [Caption: Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series, Gallery Talk Andrea Severins-Goins]
- 28775525: UMO [Caption: Alexandre Hogue Drouth Stricken Area, Clip from the Lone Star Regionalist: The Legacy of Jerry Bywaters]
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- Alexandre Houge, Drouth Survivors~This painting at the Centre Pompidou provides another example of Hogue's critical view of 1930s agriculture in the U.S.
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General Description
Alexandre Hogue blamed the ecological problems in the Great Plains on man’s inept and thoughtless over-cultivation of the land, viewing the plow as the principal agent of the disaster. In his words, prime grazing lands had been destroyed “first by fence, then by overplowing, now by drought.” The devastation of this desertification is evident in his painting Drouth Stricken Area (1934, 1945.6) for which this is a study. In the completed piece, this emaciated cow stands beside a sand-filled watering hole in the lower left of the composition. It and the vulture patiently waiting for the cow's demise, are the only living things in Hogue's arid landscape.
Adapted from
Sue Canterbury, Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series, Label text, 2014.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
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- Alexandre Houge, Drouth Survivors~This painting at the Centre Pompidou provides another example of Hogue's critical view of 1930s agriculture in the U.S.
Notes
Took the General Description paragraph from the 1st paragraph in Study for "Drouth Stricken Area" 1985.128
Nothing in object file, TMS, brain, etc.
Sue Canterbury, "Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series" label copy (1985.128), January 2014.
1/10
1st note from scratch
Created in 1933
Exhibition: Lone Star Regionalism :The Dallas Nine and their Circle 1928-1945, February 3, 1985-July 10, 1988
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location and place of origin: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826
Place of origin: Southwest (general region/United States): TGN: 4010660
Process/materials
Pencil on paper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the artist, as a gift from Eleanor and C. Thomas May, Jr.
AUDIO ASSETS
- 15662418: UMO [Caption: A Conversation on Alexandre Hogue]
- 16086093: UMO [Caption: Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series, Sue Canterbury]
- 27172833: UMO [Caption: Alexandre Hogue: The Erosion Series, Gallery Talk Andrea Severins-Goins]
- 28775525: UMO [Caption: Alexandre Hogue Drouth Stricken Area, Clip from the Lone Star Regionalist: The Legacy of Jerry Bywaters]
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