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Artist/Maker
James Penney
American, 1910 – 1982
Date1967
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 × 13 9/16 in. (27 × 34.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Richards, Class of 1967
Object number2011.3
Not on view
DescriptionIn 1967, James Penney stayed with the Rotan family in Nantucket for about a week at the invitation of Virginia Rotan. Each day he would go out and draw; this drawing depicts bathers at "Lady Beach" on the south shore of Nantucket Island.
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Provenance
2011: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Peter Richards;
1969 - 2011: Peter Richards, by gift of his mother-in-law Virginia Rotan;
1967 - 1969: Virginia Rotan, by gift of the artist.
1969 - 2011: Peter Richards, by gift of his mother-in-law Virginia Rotan;
1967 - 1969: Virginia Rotan, by gift of the artist.
Signature
Signed "James Penney" at lower right in pen.
Inscribed
"Nantuckett 1967" at lower right in pen.
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Medium: Watercolor on paper
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Date: published 1832
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James Penney
Date: 1962-63
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 2002.29.3
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Date: 1962-63
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 2002.29.1
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Date: 1962-63
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 2002.29.2