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Woman with Outstretched Arms

c. 1880s

Thomas Hovenden

Associated Names

Thomas Hovenden

Artist, American, 1840 - 1895

The image is a pencil sketch of a person standing with arms raised and slightly bent at the elbows, hands open. The person has delicately sketched facial features, short hair, and is wearing a long flowing garment. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on two joined sheets of wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1962)
Dimensions

sheet (irregular): 39.05 × 29.21 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.1001

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1962; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

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. 86, no. 544.

Wikidata ID

Q64633250

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