Sketchbook Containing Eighty Sketches in Pencil

Isabel Lydia Whitney

Caption

Isabel Lydia Whitney (American, 1884–1962). Sketchbook Containing Eighty Sketches in Pencil, ca. 1947–1953. Bound sketchbook with drawings in graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, ink and/or watercolor on paper, 11 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 11/16 in. (30.2 x 22.4 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gelhorn, 82.92.2.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Sketchbook Containing Eighty Sketches in Pencil

Date

ca. 1947–1953

Medium

Bound sketchbook with drawings in graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, ink and/or watercolor on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

11 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 11/16 in. (30.2 x 22.4 x 1.7 cm)

Signatures

Drawing affixed to page 36, signed in graphite lower center, "Isabel Whitney"

Inscriptions

Inscriptions and artist's notations on various pages, including: page 11 (verso, "Southport Conn."; page 37, dated "May 7 - 1947"; and page 55, "Mohonk 1953" with verse

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Walter Gelhorn

Accession Number

82.92.2

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