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Divination in Tea Leaves

1879

Alfred Brennan

Associated Names

Alfred Brennan

Artist, American, 1853 - 1921

American Art Review

Publisher

The image shows a woman leaning against a corner of a wall with one arm resting on a piece of furniture. She holds a small object in front of her face. She has upstyled hair, wears a dress with a floral pattern, and puffed sleeves. The wall beside her features circular illustrations, and the background wall has a textured appearance with a round cameo-like picture frame hanging above her.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black on laid paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. S.R. Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts, 1881)
Dimensions

plate: 21.27 × 14.61 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
support: 27.94 × 20.16 cm (11 × 7 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.2440

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1881; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1880

Koehler, S.R. ed. The American Art Review 1, no. 8 (June 1880): p. 330.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Brennan / 79

Wikidata ID

Q77011648

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