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The Cape of Pinzon

c. 1838

John Vanderlyn

Artist, American, 1775 - 1852

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Artwork overview

Medium

brown and black chalk heightened with white chalk and pastel on blue board
Credit Line

John Davis Hatch Collection, Andrew W. Mellon Fund and Avalon Fund
Dimensions

overall: 40.7 x 35.5 cm (16 x 14 in.)
Accession

1980.4.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, NY, 1967; John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; acquired 1980 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Hatch

Exhibition History

1983

Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.

1986

Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

Bibliography

1976

Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 11.

Wikidata ID

Q64584400

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