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1923

  • Work on this object began.

1968

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Study for portrait, Eleonora Duse

This is a Drawing. It was created by Harriet Blackstone. It is dated 1923 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is graphite 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

22.9 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: H. B.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Duse in N.Y./ 1923

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for portrait, Eleonora Duse; Harriet Blackstone (American, 1864 - 1939); USA; graphite on paper; 22.9 × 15.3 cm (9 × 6 in.); Gift of Miss Stell Andersen; 1968-101-3

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