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Studies of a Woman and Her Dress [verso]

c. 1850-1870

Enoch Wood Perry, Jr.

Artist, American, 1831 - 1915

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite with white chalk on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of J. William Middendorf, II)
Dimensions

sheet: 32.7 × 25.4 cm (12 7/8 × 10 in.)
Accession

2015.19.2659.b

Studies of a Female Head [recto]

Enoch Wood Perry, Jr.

1850

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. William Middendorf, II, McLean, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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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. 62, no. 405.

Wikidata ID

Q64559558

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