A young girl in a dress with ribboned pigtails steps up into a darkened doorway.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A young girl steps into a darkened doorway with her back turned to the viewer. A pleated, white skirt peeks out from under the girl’s long-sleeved coat. Two pigtails fall down her back, cinched with light-colored ribbons. Her feet (clad in dark, shiny shoes) stand both inside and outside of the doorway with her left foot sitting atop a scrunched up piece of fabric. Her left hand rests upon an adjoining door or doorframe, while her right is lost into the darkness of the interior. These features suggest the doorway may belong to a closet or wardrobe.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.94
People
Isabel Quintanilla, Spanish (Madrid 1938 - 2017 Madrid)
Title
Girl Walking Through Doorway
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295763

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Isabel Quintanilla
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, Spanish: de [from] ISABEL QUINTANILLA / Exposición Galería Edurne / 1966
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [Zobel's mark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala, Madrid, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Fernando Zóbel de Ayala
Copyright
© Isabel Quintanilla Martínez / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.94
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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