Memory Sketch of a Circus

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Photo by John Bentham.
Memory Sketch of a Circus
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, 1911 – 1993)
Date1925
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsOverall: 22 9/16 × 28 5/8 in. (57.3 × 72.7 cm) Frame: 25 1/8 × 31 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (63.8 × 79.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward W. Root, W1905, P1944, H1952; Transferred from the Student Loan Collection
Object number1983.21
Not on view
DescriptionCircus scene with animals and vendors
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Exhibition History Boston, MA. "Children's Drawings, The Bookshop for Boys and Girls, Women's Educational and Industrial Union," July 8 - August 22, 1925.
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 inheritance or gift from her late husband Edward W. Root.
Published References "Art for the Average Child," The Independent, vol. 115, no. 3927, September 5, 1925, pp. 267-270, illus. 270.
Signature Recto, lower right (pencil): "Patricia Potter."
Inscribed Recto, lower left (pencil): "Memory Sketch of Circus"
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