Head
Frederic C. Knight, American, 1898 - 1979
1934
Gouache, pastel and graphite on illustration board
Overall: 14 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (36.3 × 24 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
W.935.1.40
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: F. Knight. / 34. Inscribed, in graphite, on backing: Frederic Knight / Portrait. Label on reverse from Seligmann galleries
Exhibition History
Frederic C. Knight (1898-1979), Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1987-January 17, 1988.
Gifts of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-July 11, 1976.
Publication History
Karal Ann Marling and Kent Ahrens, Frederic C. Knight, Scraton, Pennsylvania: Everhart Museum, 1987, p. 37, no. 5.
Provenance
Acquired through the Whitney Museum, New York; sold to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York, January, 1935; given to present collection, 1935.
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