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Nantuckett
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Artist/Maker (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.
Markings No marks noted.
Signature Signed "James Penney" at lower right in pen.
Inscribed "Nantuckett 1967" at lower right in pen.
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