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Herantsa Billiard Game

Rudolph Friedrich Kurz (Swiss (active U.S.) 1818–1871)
August 7, 1851

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil and pen touched with wash on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 26.7 x 35.6 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3932
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ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 802 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionTwo spectators standing left, two players with wands center, others plaing in background.
InscriptionsUpper left, in red ink: 20
Upper right, in red ink: Herentsa Billiard game. / 7.8.51
Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik, Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)