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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.
Markings
No marks noted.
Signature
Signed "James Penney" at lower right in pen.
Inscribed
"Nantuckett 1967" at lower right in pen.
N. James
Date: June 1818
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.11
James Penney
Date: 1962-63
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 2002.29.3
James Penney
Date: 1962-63
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 2002.29.1
James Penney
Date: 1962-63
Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 2002.29.2
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Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.15