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Collection Highlights

Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
Artist/Maker: Asher Brown Durand

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Woman Playing a Mandolin

Woman Playing a Mandolin
Title
Woman Playing a Mandolin
Date 
1878-1883
Related People 
Artist/Maker: James Carroll Beckwith
Medium 
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions 
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 4 3/16 in. (25.2 x 10.6 cm)
Description 
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line 
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number 
1935.85.1.90
Inscriptions 
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "COPY / Tia[?] Cigalle[?]"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.