Launching the Life Boat

c. 1930s

Charles H. Woodbury

Artist, American, 1864 - 1940

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Artwork overview

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

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