Sketchbook Containing Eighty Sketches in Pencil
Caption
Isabel Lydia Whitney American, 1884–1962. Sketchbook Containing Eighty Sketches in Pencil, ca. 1947–1953. Bound sketchbook with drawings in graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, ink and/or watercolor on paper, 11 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 11/16 in. (30.2 x 22.4 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gelhorn, 82.92.2. Orphaned work
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Sketchbook Containing Eighty Sketches in Pencil
Date
ca. 1947–1953
Medium
Bound sketchbook with drawings in graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, ink and/or watercolor on paper
Classification
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 11/16 in. (30.2 x 22.4 x 1.7 cm)
Signatures
Drawing affixed to page 36, signed in graphite lower center, "Isabel Whitney"
Inscriptions
Inscriptions and artist's notations on various pages, including: page 11 (verso, "Southport Conn."; page 37, dated "May 7 - 1947"; and page 55, "Mohonk 1953" with verse
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Walter Gelhorn
Accession Number
82.92.2
Rights
Orphaned work
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