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Paper Doll

c. 1937

Beverly Chichester

Associated Names

Beverly Chichester

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image depicts a young girl standing upright. She has a youthful face with blue eyes and light brown hair partly covered by a pink headscarf. She wears a brown dress with lace trim near the shoulders and bottom, and a blue bow around her waist. Pink stockings cover her feet. The background is plain and off-white.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 49.4 x 35 cm (19 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Original IAD Object: 6 1/4" high
Accession Number

1943.8.15595

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 639, no. 2306.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Beverly Chichester

Wikidata ID

Q64537628

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