Il Penseroso, 1902

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Medium

platinum print

Dimensions

framed: 42.9 x 14.4 cm (16 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
image: 19.7 x 7.7 cm (7 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
mount: 26.1 x 8.6 cm (10 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
mount: 40.3 x 11.8 cm (15 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel Fund

Accession Number

2007.59.1

Artists / Makers

Herbert G. French (artist) American, 1872 - 1942

Image Use

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Inscription

on mount, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: HF 1902; on verso of mount, by unknown hand across center in graphite: 314 - 5/8 [?]; vertical lower center in graphite: 8252; across bottom in graphite: 8252. On verso of frame, affixed label for "Loan Collection of the Photo-Secession" with ink addition: Herbert G. French / Il Penseroso.; affixed label for "L'Effort / Ve Salon 1905"

Exhibition History

2014: A Subtle Beauty: Platinum Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015, unnumbered catalogue.