Girl Spearing Dolphin

c. 1900

Elihu Vedder

Associated Names
Elihu Vedder

Artist, American, 1836 - 1923

The image depicts a nude person standing on a rock, holding a spear with both hands. The figure has a downward gaze and detailed facial features and hair. There is no clothing or jewelry shown in the drawing, and the background is plain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Rome, Italy; Anita Herriman Vedder (daughter of the artist), Rome, Italy, 1923; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1954; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 82, no. 511.

Inscriptions

upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Girl Spearing / Dolphin #1; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Girl Spearing / Dolphin

Wikidata ID

Q64558509

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