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Gari Melchers

Head of a Boy, c. 1890-1900

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Medium

charcoal on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet (irregular): 41.28 × 32.86 cm (16 1/4 × 12 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2015.19.330

Artists / Makers

Gari Melchers (artist) American, 1860 - 1932

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Inscription

lower center in charcoal: G. Melchers

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1930; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1938: The Last 100 Years in American Prints and Drawings, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, 1938

1949: American Portraits, Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, DC, 1949

1983: American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

1990: Gari Melchers: A Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, Florida; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1990-1991

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. 121, no. 813.

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