DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Sketch of a Man Smoking a Cigarette

19th-20th century

Artists

Homer Calvin DavenportArtist

Description

Drawn on Reform Club letterhead; printed in red at top of sheet: REFORM CLUB / 233 FIFTH AVENUE. Sheet is torn at the left edge; originally part of a larger sheet.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white laid paper, mounted to cardboard

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.2 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.) mount: 21.5 x 14.2 cm (8 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Sallie Joy White, Boston, MA. Per inscription on drawing folder transferred from Radcliffe. Radcliffe College [Sallie Joy White papers] Women's Archive, Cambridge MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

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