Pensive

Artist Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852 - 1911)

Date1882

Geographic OriginUnited States of America

MediumPen and ink, graphite drawing on laid paper, mounted on cloth

DimensionsImage: H 8 x W 5 1/2 in. (H 20.3 x W 14 cm)
Paper: H 9 7/8 x W 8 in. (H 25.1 x W 20.3 cm)
Sheet (Linen? backing support): H 12 3/8 x W 9 3/4 in. (H 31.4 x W 24.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of the estate of Rosa Kate Isidor, 1949

Object number49.427

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Title Details

Catalog Card Pensive

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite script "I [or J?] Henry Harper Mad. Ave / grey mat 1" (dead?) [gold?], l.r. graphite (signature?) "[Hearkes?]", l.l. graphite marks at corner edge of paper and linen "X X" ; l.c. graphite carrot mark indicates the mat line and reads "[IS?] of matt" ; verso: c. black crayon ""5 / 321/ 556" ; According to the object file, there is a verso signature, "Edwin A Abbey" [not visible through backing]Marks and Labels/StampsObservation Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts 5/11/1984, noted watermark along right margin that they were unable to decipherProvenanceJoseph S. Isidor Collection, source Estate of Rosa Kate Isidor, received 10/13/1949, accepted 12/31/1949

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