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Study for “Adolescence”

(American, 1922–2015)
1943
Medium/TechniquePen and brush and ink with crayon
DimensionsFramed: 71.4 × 47.3 cm (28 1/8 × 18 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 49.5 × 26.7 cm (19 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineVirginia Herrick Deknatel Purchase Fund and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection
Accession number2022.49
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn litho crayon, l.l.: Adolescence; l.r.: Wilson 1943
Provenance2015, by inheritance from the artist to his widow, Julia Wilson, Brookline, MA; 2022, consigned by Julia Wilson to Martha Richardson Fine Art, Boston; 2022, sold by Martha Richardson Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson
Head of Woman
John Wilson
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Young Girl in an Apron
Vincent van Gogh
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View: 2003.269a
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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Man with Cigarette
John Wilson
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Francisque Poulbot
early 20th century
John Wilson
1940
John Wilson
1940