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Scene after George Stabs Himself with the Scissors (2nd version)
Illustration No. 8 for Zola's Nana (Chapter XIII)
Scene after George Stabs Himself with the Scissors (2nd version)
Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)
1915–16
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.9 x 29.7 cm (7 13/16 x 11 11/16 in.)
Framed: 36.5 x 43.8 cm (14 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
Framed: 36.5 x 43.8 cm (14 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession Number58.30
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: Watermark: Genuine Irish linen
InscriptionsInscribed verso, in graphite, upper left: Painted by Charles Demuth, 1916, willed to Robert E. Locher
ProvenanceArtist; willed to Robert E. Loeser (1935), Richard W. C. Weyand, Lancaster, Pa.; Charles Demuth auction sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, February 2, 1958, lot 56; purchased by MFA, February 13, 1958.