Mammy

1924

George Overbury (Pop) Hart

Associated Names
George Overbury (Pop) Hart

Artist, American, 1868 - 1933

The seated person is viewed almost in profile from the waist up, with an upright posture in a chair and hands resting in their lap. Their facial features are silhouetted against a dark backdrop, with emphasis on the outline. The person wears a headscarf covering their hair and a flowing garment. The background has heavy, vertical lines resembling curtains. Light and shadow are used impressionistically, creating bright and dark contrasts throughout the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint with sandpaper and roulette in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 x 18.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.2 x 18 cm (13 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.145.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cahill 1928, no. 17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased October ,1970; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1928

  • Cahill, Holger. George O. 'Pop' Hart: Twenty-Four Selections from His Work. New York: The Downtown Gallery, 1928, p. 20, no. 17.

1935

  • George Overbury "Pop" Hart, 1868-1933: Catalog of an Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors, Drawings and Prints, October 10 to December 5, 1935. New Jersey: Newark Museum, 1935, no. 187.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Pop Hart; across bottom in graphite by unknown hand: Al[not deciphered, erased] / WA16276 Mammy / 28 / 5x; across bottom verso in graphite by unknown hand: A16276 / George Overbury (Pop) Hart "Mammy"

Markings

stamped in black on verso: Rck (Ruth C. Kainen)

Watermarks

De Erven D'Blauw

Wikidata ID

Q76340995

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