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Herantsa children playing
Rudolph Friedrich Kurz (Swiss (active U.S.) 1818–1871)
1851
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil, pen and wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.5 x 35.9 cm (10 7/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3933
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 801, fig. 169 (Visiting Foreign Artists)
DescriptionThree girls with drum seated right, shaded by blanket; boys left with small bows and arrows shooting frogs.
InscriptionsUpper left in red ink: "24"
Uper right in red ink: "Herantsa. Children playing./ 30..7.51
Uper right in red ink: "Herantsa. Children playing./ 30..7.51
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950