Couple on the Beach
c. 1940s
Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink, wash, and gouache on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 22.23 × 26.04 cm (8 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.991
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Senator William Benton, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963
1980
The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 42
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. 192, no. 1299.
Inscriptions
upper right in black ink by unknown hand: 051-2; verso in pen and black ink by unknown hand: JULY 1868 / GREEN / SOFT WOVE THIN TO MEDIUM / PERF 12 / BLUE GREEN / TYPE II / WORN PLATE
Markings
drafting grid printed on verso in grey ink
Wikidata ID
Q64620291