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Boy Practicing

1951

James Ormsbee Chapin

Associated Names

James Ormsbee Chapin

Artist, American, 1887 - 1975

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image depicts a young boy seated on a wooden chair, playing a clarinet. He is dressed in a textured sweater with a collar, matching pants, and shoes. The background includes a blank wall with a door, showing a doorknob and keyhole.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 33.6 × 23.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 40.5 × 30.6 cm (15 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1206

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 126, no. 1137.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: James Chapin

Wikidata ID

Q76442321

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