The Picnic

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Artist/Maker (American, 1858 - 1938)
Date1933
MediumMixed-media braiding
DimensionsOverall: 74 1/4 × 74 1/4 in. (188.6 × 188.6 cm) Frame: 76 1/2 × 76 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (194.3 × 194.3 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Rich
Object number2005.7
Not on view
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Exhibition History 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.).
Provenance - 2005: Private collection of Thomas Rich, great-grandson of the artist, acquired by gift or inheritance
2005: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Thomas Rich
Published References A CENTURY OF CURIOSITIES: THE STORY OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 29- December 30, 2005, unnumbered cat.).
Signature Initialed and dated at right of bottom border of central picnic scene: JCK 1933
Inscribed Entitled at lower center: THE PICNIC
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