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Benjamin West

The Disobedient Prophet, 1793

Not on View

Medium

pen and black ink with wash heightened with blue and cream oil paint over chalk

Dimensions

overall: 30.2 x 49.8 cm (11 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund

Accession Number

1984.3.74

Artists / Makers

Benjamin West (artist) American, 1738 - 1820

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Inscription

lower center: B. West. 1793

Provenance

Julius S. Held

Associated Names

Held, Julius S., Professor

Exhibition History

1970: Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 18.

1979: Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 34.

1984: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

1986: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

1987: English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

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