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1903

  • Work on this object began.

1939

  • Work on this object ended.

1968

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Woman with her dead soul

This is a Drawing. It was created by Harriet Blackstone. It is dated n.d. and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is red pastel crayon on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Stell Andersen. It is credited Gift of Miss Stell Andersen.

Its dimensions are

25.5 × 20 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right: HB Harriet Blackstone

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pastel, lower center: Woman with her dead Soul/ IDYL/ Lost Love/ College Widow/ TRYST

Cite this object as

Drawing, Woman with her dead soul; Harriet Blackstone (American, 1864 - 1939); USA; red pastel crayon on paper; 25.5 × 20 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Gift of Miss Stell Andersen; 1968-101-21-b

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