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The Polish Girl
Ivan G. Olinsky
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
ca. 1929
DIMENSIONS
36 x 30in. (91.4 x 76.2cm)
frame: 31 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 2 in. (79.4 × 66.7 × 5.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Verso:
Top stretcher member, proper left, ink and graphite: Circular stamp next to a square stamp, inside the square stamp in graphite is “54 57 / 54 57”
Top stretcher member, center, graphite: “ POLISH GIRL “
Top stretcher member, proper right, black marker: “ No. P “
Top stretcher member, proper right, pink pencil: “ Z9 “
Proper left stretcher member, top, graphite: “ Polish Girl by Olinsky ”
Proper right stretcher member, center, graphite: “ B-4 ” (upside down)
Bottom stretcher member, center, paper label ink and graphite: “ no. 24 / W.S. BUDSWORTH & SON / PACKERS & SHIPPERS / 424 WEST 52D ST., NEW YORK, NY “ 24 is in graphite, everything else is in ink.
Compressed wood board, top center, white chalk: “ 2803 - 4 / Olinsky “
Compressed wood board, top proper left corner, paper label, ink: “ SIZE: 25 x 30 / PRICE: / Polish Girl / TITLE / Ivan G. Olinsky / ARTIST “ The top left corner of the label possibly has additional information but had been internationally obscured with layers of dark blue and red opaque paint
SIGNATURE
Recto:
Top proper right corner, purple paint: “ Ivan G. Olinsky "
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1989.160
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Richard H. and Joan McD Miller, Leonore O. Miller, and John L. Miller
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Witness
CAPTION
Ivan G. Olinsky (American, born Russia, 1878–1962). The Polish Girl, ca. 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30in. (91.4 x 76.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Richard H. and Joan McD Miller, Leonore O. Miller, and John L. Miller, 1989.160. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1989.160_transp290.jpg)
IMAGE
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