The Artist's Wife, Marussia

1946

David Davidovich Burliuk

Associated Names
David Davidovich Burliuk

Artist, American, born Russia, 1882 - 1967

The image is a pencil sketch showing the upper part of a woman's body. She is positioned slightly in profile, facing left. Her facial features depict a mature woman with a slightly furrowed brow, wearing round spectacles. Her hair is dark and styled neatly back. She is dressed in a garment with a high collar and a button at the neck. There is no visible jewelry or additional objects she is holding. The background is plain with the drawing signed with initials and the year "1946" in the lower area.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with stumping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.8 x 25.7 cm (12 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.63

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Given by the artist to his friend Mervin Jules [American, 1912-1994] (according to note on detached label). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 183 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, bottom center in graphite: BURLIUK. / 1946.

Wikidata ID

Q64540796

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