Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Head and Hair of a Woman (Study for "Dawn"?)
Object Number:
1935.85.3.82
Date:
August 22, 1892
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 1/16 in. (18.1 x 23 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "ONTEORA / 22ND Aug '92 / CARROLL BECKWITH"
Description:
This drawings is possibly a study for Beckwith's painting "Dawn." See Beckwith scrapbooks in NYHS library, volume 4, page 83 verso.
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
