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Chemise

1946

Grace Albee

Associated Names

Grace Albee

Artist, American, 1890 - 1985

The image displays a knitted garment with the name "ER DAVIS" inscribed on the left side. The garment is draped over a horizontal bar. The color palette is black and white, and there is intricate line work emphasizing texture and pattern in the fabric and clouds surrounding it. The garment is centrally positioned with straps extending upwards towards the top of the image, framed by swirling clouds.

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Artwork overview

Medium

wood engraving in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Barbara Albee and Family in Memory of P.F. Albee)
Dimensions

image: 10.48 × 5.4 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
sheet: 12.7 × 7.3 cm (5 × 2 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.3167

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara Albee, Providence, Rhode Island; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in block: G.A.
text in block: E. R. DAVIS

Wikidata ID

Q77009852

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