COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.340.1987
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Pennell, Joseph
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1860 - 1926
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Joseph Pennell
Title:
Chinatown, New York
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1909
Creation Start Date:
1907
Creation End Date:
1911
Materials and Techniques:
color crayons
Dimensions:
Sheet: 32.7cm x 25cm, Secondary Support: 44.4cm x 33.3cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
340.1987
Credit Line:
Anonymous Loan
Inscriptions:
signed, lower center, in graphite: Pennell ; lower left, in graphite: chap 16 ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: [illegible]; lower left, in graphite: chap 16 ; lower left, in graphite: chap x [illegible] ; lower center, in graphite: 4 1/8 ; lower center, in graphite: Chinatown ; lower center, in graphite: 1615 [circled] ; lower right, in graphite: 75. ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, along left edge, in graphite: Mrs. Bishop ; vertical in center, in graphite: chinatown ; lower center, in graphite: 36 ; lower right, stamped in black: 5360 ; lower right, in blue pencil:
Context:
A friend and biographer of Whistler, Joseph Pennell produced hundreds of drawings, prints and illustrations in a Whistlerian style. Many of them were used to illustrate magazine articles or books on travel by figures such as Henry James (1843-1916). Thisdrawing was used to illustrate the book New New York by John C. Van Dyke, published in 1909.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.340.1987.tif
