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Artist/Maker
Wanda Gág
(American, 1893 – 1946)
Datec. 1926
MediumCrayon on sandpaper
DimensionsComposition: 12 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (31.1 × 41.3 cm)
Frame: 21 1/8 × 25 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (53.7 × 64.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward W. Root, W1905, P1944, H1952; Transferred From the Student Loan Collection
Object number1983.5
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2007-2008
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus., 42).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection,"June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat no. 72).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus., 42).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection,"June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat no. 72).
Provenance
May 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection;
1960 - 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection), by gift of Grace Root;
c.1957 - 1960: Grace Root; by inheritence from Edward W. Root;
October 1925 - 1960: Edward W. Root, by purchase from Weyhe Gallery, New York.
1960 - 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection), by gift of Grace Root;
c.1957 - 1960: Grace Root; by inheritence from Edward W. Root;
October 1925 - 1960: Edward W. Root, by purchase from Weyhe Gallery, New York.
Published References
THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST (exh. cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 2007), 52, illus. 42.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.72).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.72).
Signature
Signed at upper right in crayon.
Mary Nimmo Moran
Date: 1880
Medium: Etching with roulette, sandpaper, and scotchstone
Object number: 1990.33
Henry Moore
Date: 1946
Medium: Pencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, wash, pen and ink, chinagraph on paper
Object number: 1996.15.39
Oscar Bluemner
Date: October 12, 1921
Medium: Conte crayon on paper
Object number: 1981.2
Oscar Bluemner
Date: July 28, 1918
Medium: Graphite and conté crayon on paper
Object number: 1981.3
Oscar Bluemner
Date: March 11, 1919
Medium: Conte crayon and wash on paper
Object number: 1981.4
Oscar Bluemner
Date: October 13, 1919
Medium: Conté crayon on paper
Object number: 1981.5
Oscar Bluemner
Date: February 22, 1916
Medium: Conté crayon on paper
Object number: 1981.6
George Shellhase
Date: c. 1937
Medium: Black crayon, gray wash, and opaque white on paper
Object number: 2008.2.6
William C. Palmer
Date: 1933
Medium: Crayon and pastel on cardboard
Object number: WCP.588.7