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Herantsa Billiard Game
Rudolph Fried(e)rich 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
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
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
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)