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Mountain Top
by Frank Wilcox
About the Artwork
Among his contemporaries, Frank Wilcox was celebrated for his uniquely American style and themes of natural beauty, masculinity, and hard work. This freehand drawing exemplifies all three subjects: a lone man and his hunting dogs rest on a scenic overlook, contemplating the landscape that surrounds them. At a time when more of the North American continent was being settled and farmland turned into factories, this drawing asserted that the old American ideals of freedom and self-sustenance were still attainable.
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, at lower left: WILCOX
Provenance
1928: Studio of the artist, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland 1928: The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1928: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The May Show: 10th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 25-June 3, 1928). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- pencil
- Dimensions
- Image: 35.6 x 43.5 cm (14 x 17 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
- Accession no.
- 1928.99
More by Frank Wilcox in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011163
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