Isadora Duncan

c. 1930s

Abraham Walkowitz

Associated Names
Abraham Walkowitz

Artist, American, 1880 - 1965

The image is a line drawing featuring a human figure in a kneeling position. The figure's upper body is bent forward, hands touching the head in an arch shape. The face is obscured, and the hair covers the back of the neck. The person is depicted wearing flowing garments, with no accessories. The background is plain, and there is a signature, "A. Vollweiler," in the bottom right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with graphite on wove paper inlaid to wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.24 × 21.75 cm (13 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
    support: 47.63 × 34.77 cm (18 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3440

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jewish Museum, New York; Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Katonah Gallery, New York, 1976, no. 104

2007

  • Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: A. Walkowitz; lower right in graphite: A; center verso in black ink by unknown hand: JM / 15-53 / 295; lower left support in graphite by unknown hand: 3; lower left verso support in graphite by unknown hand: B [circled] 22126

Markings

stamped upper left verso in black ink: The Jewish Museum / New York, N.Y.

Watermarks

T H SA[UNDERS]

Wikidata ID

Q64533236

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