The Polish Girl

Ivan G. Olinsky

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Ivan G. Olinsky (American, born Russia, 1878–1962). The Polish Girl, ca. 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30in. (91.4 x 76.2cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 2 in. (79.4 × 66.7 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Richard H. and Joan McD Miller, Leonore O. Miller, and John L. Miller, 1989.160. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

The Polish Girl

Date

ca. 1929

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

36 x 30in. (91.4 x 76.2cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 2 in. (79.4 × 66.7 × 5.1 cm)

Signatures

Recto: Top proper right corner, purple paint: “ Ivan G. Olinsky "

Markings

Verso: Top stretcher member, proper left, ink and graphite: Circular stamp next to a square stamp, inside the square stamp in graphite is “54 57 / 54 57” Top stretcher member, center, graphite: “ POLISH GIRL “ Top stretcher member, proper right, black marker: “ No. P “ Top stretcher member, proper right, pink pencil: “ Z9 “ Proper left stretcher member, top, graphite: “ Polish Girl by Olinsky ” Proper right stretcher member, center, graphite: “ B-4 ” (upside down) Bottom stretcher member, center, paper label ink and graphite: “ no. 24 / W.S. BUDSWORTH & SON / PACKERS & SHIPPERS / 424 WEST 52D ST., NEW YORK, NY “ 24 is in graphite, everything else is in ink. Compressed wood board, top center, white chalk: “ 2803 - 4 / Olinsky “ Compressed wood board, top proper left corner, paper label, ink: “ SIZE: 25 x 30 / PRICE: / Polish Girl / TITLE / Ivan G. Olinsky / ARTIST “ The top left corner of the label possibly has additional information but had been internationally obscured with layers of dark blue and red opaque paint

Credit Line

Gift of Richard H. and Joan McD Miller, Leonore O. Miller, and John L. Miller

Accession Number

1989.160

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