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Sleeping Girl, Fatigued Black Woman

Riva Helfond

American Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
MEDIUM Lithograph on cream wove paper
DATES ca. 1937
DIMENSIONS Sheet: 16 1/16 x 23 in. (40.8 x 58.4 cm) Image: 12 1/2 x 17 9/16 in. (31.8 x 44.6 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed in graphite below image: "Riva Helfond" at lower right and "Sleeping Girl" at lower center
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in graphite at bottom of sheet, lower right: "#1"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 1996.50
CREDIT LINE Emily Winthrop Miles Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1996, provenance not yet documented; by 1996, acquired by Rona Schneider of Brooklyn, NY; 1996, purchased from Rona Schneider by the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CAPTION Riva Helfond (American, 1910–2002). Sleeping Girl, Fatigued Black Woman, ca. 1937. Lithograph on cream wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/16 x 23 in. (40.8 x 58.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1996.50. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.50_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 1996.50_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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