Sir David Young Cameron

The Mosque Doorway, Cairo

1910 · etching and drypoint

The Mosque Doorway, Cairo, D. Y. Cameron, 1910
Cleveland Museum of Art

D. Y. Cameron, The Mosque Doorway, Cairo, 1910. etching and drypoint.

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of James Parmelee

How to look at a D. Y. Cameron

  • Squint. Count the masses. It is rarely more than three.
  • Find the lightest plane and notice how much paper is left bare around it.
  • Follow one line of tracery and see how few others there are.

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