The Forsaken Wife

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Beatrice Wood American, 1894–1998. The Forsaken Wife, 1925. Watercolor on paper, sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (17.5 x 25.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Francis N. Naumann, 85.271.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.271.1_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Forsaken Wife
Date
1925
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (17.5 x 25.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right in graphite: "Bea"
Inscriptions
Inscribed on recto lower left in black ink: "B[NG?] - .25. IV"; On verso, inscriptions in various hands, from top to bottom, left to right: "The Abandoned Wife" in graphite; "White" in graphite; "122 142" in graphite; "The Forsaken Wife / Bea / 25." in green ink; "1925" in graphite; "59" circled in red pencil; "7" circled in graphite
Credit Line
Gift of Francis N. Naumann
Accession Number
85.271.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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