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Colibri

1952

Rudolf von Huhn

Artist, American, 1884 - 1968

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Artwork overview

Medium

gouache with pen and white ink on black wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
Dimensions

sheet: 45.56 × 60.64 cm (17 15/16 × 23 7/8 in.)
Accession

2015.19.785

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 180, no. 1224.

Inscriptions

lower right in white ink: RvH '52

Wikidata ID

Q64630019

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