Drum Majorette

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Drum Majorette
Drum Majorette
Artist/Maker (American, 1898 - 1954)
Printer (American, 1898 - 1954)
Date1940
MediumEngraving
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/2 × 5 5/8 in. (29.2 × 14.3 cm) Plate: 11 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (30.2 × 14.9 cm) Sheet (Irregular): 13 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (34.3 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957, D. Roger Howlett, Class of 1966, and Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number1987.13
Not on view
DescriptionOne of 12 proofs printed by Marsh prior to the edition of 300 printed by Atelier 17 for the quarterly magazine "Laurel," May 1947.
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Exhibition History 2006
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Works by WPA Artists from the Collection of the Emerson Gallery, "September 22-December 30, 2006 (cat. no. 107, illus., 11) [installed in conjunction with the exhibition "WPA Artists: Prints from the Amity Art Foundation"].

1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).

1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 34).
Provenance 1987: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from Childs Gallery, Boston, MA.
Published References A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat. 34).

Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1987"

Signature Signed in pencil at lower right: Reginald Marsh; initialed and dated in plate at lower right: 1940 / RM
Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower left: Drum Majorette; inscribed in pencil at lower right: 86.48.2; in pencil at lower right: (P147); in pencil on verso at lower left: 16A; in pecil on verso at lower left: [underlined] RM #32 / an.; in pencil in verso at upper left [covered by archival tape but still visible]: 65.22
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Date: 20th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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