Study for "The Fates Gathering in the Stars"
1884-1887
Artist, American, 1836 - 1923
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Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal and chalk on gray wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
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Dimensions
sheet: 35.24 × 25.24 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.863
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Rome, Italy; Anita Herriman Vedder (daughter of the artist), Rome, Italy, 1923; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1954; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; 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. 79, no. 500.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite by unknown hand: Study by / E. Vedder for / "The Fates" / Chicago; lower left verso in graphite: Torso Study #1
Wikidata ID
Q64558516