Ai Telled Him to Stan Off, 1884

Not on View

pen and black ink on wove paper

image: 23.18 × 25.72 cm (9 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

sheet: 26.99 × 31.59 cm (10 5/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

2015.19.981

Arthur B. Frost (artist) American, 1851 - 1928

lower left in black ink: A.B. Frost; center verso in black ink: Legend of Polecat Hollow / M. L. Page 82 / "Ai telled him to stan off"

Mr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art

1981: The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 8

1884: McIlvaine, Charles. "A Legend of Polecat Hollow, A Tale of Life in the West Virginia Mountains." The Continent 5, no. 20 (May 14, 1884).

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. 98, no. 641.