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Drawing, Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Frederick Blum. It is dated 1891–1892 and we acquired it in 1904. Its medium is graphite on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henrietta Haller. It is credited Gift of Henrietta Haller.

Its dimensions are

26.3 × 17.5 cm (10 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamp in black, lower left, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: 1896; Verso: Numbered in graphite, upper left corner: (474); Inscribed in graphite, upper margin (artist's hand): light green strings/ green silk/ black facing; in graphite, center (artist's hand): green/ light blue band; in graphite, lower right corner: 1891-92

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 26.3 × 17.5 cm (10 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-467

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