2021.91: A Young Girl Sitting on a Chair
DrawingsIn this black chalk drawing, a young girl in a long dress quietly sits on a rustic wooden chair. Her hands are folded in her lap. Her attire and lace-less shoe betray her poverty.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2021.91
- People
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Jozef Israëls, Dutch (Groningen, The Netherlands 1824 - 1911 The Hague, The Netherlands)
- Title
- A Young Girl Sitting on a Chair
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 19th-20th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/370603
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black chalk on tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- 36.7 × 25.7 cm (14 7/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower right, black chalk: J Israels
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Charles Roelofsz, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1986, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in honor of William W. Robinson, Curator of Drawings (1988-2016) and in memory of Justice Ruth I. Abrams (Radcliffe '53, Harvard Law School '56)
- Accession Year
- 2021
- Object Number
- 2021.91
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/2022 - 11/09/2022
Verification Level
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