Object Timeline

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Three Sketches of a Female Nude

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is charcoal on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

42.7 × 27.2 cm (16 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in charcoal, center right: Aitken

Cite this object as

Drawing, Three Sketches of a Female Nude; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; charcoal on paper; 42.7 × 27.2 cm (16 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1957-122-12

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