Sketch for The Chess Players

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Sketch for The Chess Players
Sketch for The Chess Players
Artist/Maker (American, 1856 – 1931)
Datec. 1903-1904
MediumPencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 24 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (61.9 × 74.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1986.1
Not on view
DescriptionStudy for a lost painting.
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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.);

1986
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Gifts by William Roehrick," June 6 - September 7, 1986;

Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). April 5-30, 1986.
Provenance 1986: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase from Kennedy Galleries, New York.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1986"
Signature Signed "J D Chalfant" at lower left in pencil.
Inscribed "The Chess Players" at lower left in pencil.
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