Portrait of Alexander Woollcott

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Portrait of Alexander Woollcott
Portrait of Alexander Woollcott
Artist/Maker (American, 1883 – 1967)
Datec. 1937
MediumPastel on canvas
DimensionsComposition: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.) Frame: 58.4 × 48.3 × 3.5 cm (23 × 19 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Object number1983.94
Not on view
Descriptionportrait, quarter lenght, man has his hands clasped somewhat in front of his face
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Exhibition History 1989
Washington, DC. The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. "Pioneers of American Broadcasting", Oct. 7, 1988 - Jan. 2, 1989.

1984
Clinton, NY, Azel Backus House, Feb. 23, 1984.
Published References Maurice Isserman, ON THE HILL: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF HAMILTON COLLEGE 1812-2012 (Clinton, New York: Hamilton College, 2012), illus. 250 [black and white].
Signature Recto, lower right: "Leonebel Jacobs"
Inscribed Scrawled on frame: "2238-16x20 finish 568/123078"
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