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Drawing, Embroideries of Mrs. C. W. Holmes, Jr.: Pussy WIllows, Orchard, and Drifting Snow

This is a Drawing. It was created by Alfred Laurens Brennan. It is dated 1881 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and black ink, white gouache, on paper (mounted) and on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by E. Maurice Bloch. It is credited Gift of E. Maurice Bloch.

Its dimensions are

39 × 27.4 cm (15 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower left (below the panel): "Brennan" with stylized flowers

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, above left vertical panel: "Pussy Willows"; above horitzontal panel: "Orchard"; below right vertical panel: "Drifting Snow"; upper right corner, "4467-1-May 4th" (?); lower left corner: "9436."; lower right corner: indistinct inscription in graphite.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Embroideries of Mrs. C. W. Holmes, Jr.: Pussy WIllows, Orchard, and Drifting Snow; Alfred Laurens Brennan (American, 1853–1921); pen and black ink, white gouache, on paper (mounted) and on illustration board; 39 × 27.4 cm (15 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Gift of E. Maurice Bloch; 1950-56-4

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