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Shoe Shine

Ernest Crichlow

Contemporary Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
MEDIUM Oil on Masonite
DATES 1953
DIMENSIONS 16 1/16 x 12 1/16in. (40.8 x 30.6cm) Other: 16 1/16 x 12 1/16in. (40.8 x 30.6cm) Frame: 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (59.7 x 48.9 x 8.3 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Lower right: "Ernie Crichlow 53"
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 65.204.3
CREDIT LINE Gift of Daniel and Rita Fraad, Jr.
PROVENANCE Prior to 1955, provenance not yet documented; by December 1955, acquired by Barbara ("Bunny") Marks of Scarsdale, NY; December 2, 1955, purchased from Barbara Marks by Daniel Fraad, Jr. and Rita Rich Fraad of Scarsdale, NY; December 8, 1965, gift of Daniel Fraad, Jr. and Rita Rich Fraad to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CAPTION Ernest Crichlow (American, 1914–2005). Shoe Shine, 1953. Oil on Masonite, 16 1/16 x 12 1/16in. (40.8 x 30.6cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Daniel and Rita Fraad, Jr., 65.204.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 65.204.3_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 65.204.3_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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