Launching the Life Boat
c. 1930s
Artist, American, 1864 - 1940
Artwork overview
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Medium
black lithographic crayon on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 21.27 × 27.78 cm (8 3/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.539
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Childs Bruen Perkins, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1945; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1980
The Common Touch, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980-1981, no. 40
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. 128, no. 859.
Inscriptions
lower left verso in graphite: Launching The Life Boat; lower center verso in graphite: C / W; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 16; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: HX
Wikidata ID
Q64538644