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1900

George Luks

Artist, American, 1866 - 1933

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Artwork overview

Medium

pastel on paperboard
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Estate of Susie Brummer)
Dimensions

board: 49.69 × 74.93 cm (19 9/16 × 29 1/2 in.)
Accession

2015.19.2950

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Susie Brummer, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Exhibition History

2019

The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower left in black pastel: George Luks 1900

Wikidata ID

Q64571522

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