The Forsaken Wife

Beatrice Wood

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

American Art

Title

The Forsaken Wife

Date

1925

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Classification

Watercolor

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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