Studies of an Elderly Woman Knitting
c. 1870-1890
Artist, American, 1831 - 1915

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite with white chalk and gouache on gray laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 25.08 × 31.12 cm (9 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.2661
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
J. William Middendorf, II, McLean, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Selections from the Gift of J. Williams Middendorf, II, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978, no. 33
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. 63, no. 415.
Inscriptions
right center in graphite: width of / jaw at angle
Wikidata ID
Q64559540