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(American, 1877–1946)
1920–26
Medium/TechniqueSilverpoint, colored pencils, graphite pencil and crayon on paper prepared with white ground
DimensionsSheet: 54 x 72.4cm (21 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.)
Framed: 75.6 x 94 cm (29 3/4 x 37 in.)
Credit LineSophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1991.6
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceHirschl and Adler, New York, NY; purchased by MFA, January 1991.
Head of a Youth
Head of a Youth
Lorenzo di Credi
about 1500
No. 4: drawing; Restricted: For reference only
Sketchbook ("Ledger Book") with 33 drawings
Silver Horn (Huangooah), Kiowa Apache
1885
Torso of a Young Athlete (after sculpture "'L'Athlete")
Torso of a Young Athlete (after sculpture "'L'Athlete")
Jacques Villon
1921
Still Life with Plums
Still Life with Plums
Joseph Stella
about 1919
Portrait of a Young Woman, Three-quarter Length
Philip Leslie Hale
1885–1931
No. 24: "The once famous Black Eagle…"; Restricted: For reference only
Drawing No. 24. The Once-Famous Black Eagle (Ka-et-te-kone-ke) of the Kiowa in Deadly Conflict with Ute Chief. Ute Killed. From Ledger Book Containing 33 Drawings
Silver Horn (Huangooah), Kiowa Apache
1885
Restricted: For reference only; Image 26
Sketchbook ("Ledger Book") with 33 drawings
Silver Horn (Huangooah), Kiowa Apache
1885
Page 29b/30a: "Ceremonial with men wearing deer antlers (left hand page); Ceremonial with men c…
Sketchbook ("Ledger Book") with 37 drawings
Unknown Native American, Kiowa (?)
1880s–90s
John M. Whitcomb Sketching
John M. Whitcomb Sketching
Philip Leslie Hale
1923
Persian Garden
Helen Frankenthaler
1966–1976
Florida Swamp
Florida Swamp
Joseph Rusling Meeker
Landscape at L'Essard-Cendrin
Landscape at L'Essard-Cendrin
Gustave Courbet
about 1847