Papa, Carry Me—Take Me Up in Your Arms
c. 1904
William Glackens
Artist, American, 1870 - 1938
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, brush and black ink, and charcoal on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. William J. Glackens, wife of the artist)
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 30.16 × 23.18 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 32.39 × 25.4 cm (12 3/4 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.143.56
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. William J. Glackens (wife of the artist), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 10
1984
Twentieth Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Toldeo Museum of Art, Ohio; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin; National Academy of Design, New York; International Exhibition Foundation Tour, 1984-1985, p. 57, no. 34, repro
2007
Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007
Bibliography
1904
DeKock, Charles P. "The Husbands." Edmond and His Cousin. Boston: Frederick J. Quimby Co., 1904, p. 226.
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. 152, no. 1023.
1987
Allyn, Nancy E., and Elizabeth H. Hawkes. William Glackens: A Catalogue of his Book and Magazine Illustrations. Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 1987, pp. 45, 97, no. 1018.
Inscriptions
lower left in brush and black ink: W. Glackens; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 589
Wikidata ID
Q64637002