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Woman Reading
Edmund C. Tarbell (American, 1862–1938)
Medium/Technique
Graphite
Dimensions
Height x width: 15.5 × 9 cm (6 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Tarbell family
Accession Number2019.119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Descriptionwritten on letter
ProvenanceBy descent from the artist to his daughter, Mary Tarbell Schaffer (b. 1897 - d. 1991), New Hampshire; 1991, by descent to her sister-in-law, Marjorie B. Staley (b. 1906 – d. 2003) [see note 1]; 2003, by descent to William P. Tarbell, Dover, NH [see note 2]; 2019, gift of William P. Tarbell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)
NOTES:
[1] Marjorie B. Staley was married to Edmund Arnold Tarbell (b. 1894 – d. 1954), brother of Mary Tarbell Schaffer. She was later married to John Bridgford Staley (b. 1885 – d. 1972).
[2] William P. Tarbell is the great-grandson of the artist, Edmund C. Tarbell.
NOTES:
[1] Marjorie B. Staley was married to Edmund Arnold Tarbell (b. 1894 – d. 1954), brother of Mary Tarbell Schaffer. She was later married to John Bridgford Staley (b. 1885 – d. 1972).
[2] William P. Tarbell is the great-grandson of the artist, Edmund C. Tarbell.