DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study of a Man Looking Down

19th-20th century

Artists

Thomas Cowperthwait EakinsArtist

Description

The drawing is composed of two sheets joined together horizontally. The sheets were reattached by the paper lab in August of 1975.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, charcoal, and graphite on off-white laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.8 x 19.4 cm (14 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.) other; upper sheet (upper sheet): 19 x 16.3 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.) sheet; lower (lower sheet): 19.3 x 19.4 cm (7 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Jasper Deeter, Rose Valley PA, Gift to Thomas Suma, 1930. Deeter supposedly got the works from Eakins. Thomas Suma, Rose Valley PA, Gift of Jasper Deeter, 1930, Sold to M. R. Schweitzer, 1945. Suma received the works from Deeter in lieu of salary. His last name might have been "Summa." M. R. Schweitzer, Purchased from Thomas Suma, 1945, Sold to Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975. Adams Davidson Gallery, Washington DC, Purchased from M. R. Schweitzer, 1975, Sold to Seiden and De Cuevas, 1975. Purchased with the assistance of Dr. David Morowitz. Vermeer Associates Limited, Purchased from Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975, Sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

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