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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.95
People
Theo Molkenboer, Dutch (Leeuwarden 1871 - 1920 Lugano)
Title
Portrait of a Girl
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1897
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370607

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, graphite, and red chalk on wove paper
Dimensions
17.7 × 13.7 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Dated upper right, in black ink: 1897
  • inscription: On mat, lower right, in black ink: voor Eduard Brom / van Th. Molkenboer / Amsterdam 15/3 98.
  • inscription: Inscribed by George Abrams, on frame verso, in blue ballpoint ink: : THEO MOLKENBOER / PORTRAITIST, DRAUGHTMAN, / BORN IN LEIDEN ON 8 JUNE 1871 / DIED IN LUGANO IN DECEMBER 1920 / SON AND STUDENT OF HIS FATHER, / W. B. G. MOLKENBOER (1844-1915)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[E. J. van der Lek, Amsterdam], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, (2006-2021), gift; to the 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
2021.95
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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