Kainen Sketchbook

1936-1949

Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

Jacob Kainen

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sketchbook with 61 drawings in various media and artist's notes on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday

  • Dimensions

    Overall (closed): 25.4 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm (10 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
    overall (opened): 25.4 x 39.1 cm (10 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.82.2.1-61

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Associated Artworks

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Untitled

Jacob Kainen

1936

Young Boy

Jacob Kainen

1936

Study of Legs

Jacob Kainen

1936

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center of front cover in blue ball-point pen: Sketches for: Night Club / Card Players / Evening Recreation / Coffee Pot (crossed out) / Loading Up / Cafeteria / Wrecking / Cement Mixer / Street Corner / Plasterer - woodcut / Church; center right: also: 1936, 1939, 1943 / 1945 / 1949; upper right in graphite: 1936

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