id: 161646 accession number: 2000.24 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.24 updated: 2023-08-23 23:51:41.603000 Portrait of a Young Girl, 1930. Eugene Edward Speicher (American, 1883–1962). Black crayon or charcoal, with stumping and scratching out; sheet: 34.6 x 27.9 cm (13 5/8 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2000.24 title: Portrait of a Young Girl title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1930 creation date earliest: 1930 creation date latest: 1930 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: black crayon or charcoal, with stumping and scratching out department: Drawings collection: DR - American 20th Century type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Eugene Edward Speicher (American, 1883–1962) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 34.6 x 27.9 cm (13 5/8 x 11 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream(1) wove paper discolored? around edges to cream-yellow watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: To Joe Mar[q? or g?]uy Eugene / Speicher 1930 ; upper right, in graphite: 11 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Joe Marquy (artist's inscription). [Conner Rosenkranz, New York] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Speicher's drawings, especially those in crayon or charcoal, have a directness of expression that combines stylized features with powerful emotion. This sheet is signed and dedicated to a "Joe Marguy," perhaps a relative of the young subject of this compelling portrait. A popular portraitist, Speicher worked in a style influenced by his teacher Robert Henri (1865-1929). In 1906 Speicher entered the Art Students League in New York to study with William Merrit Chase (1849-1916). He enjoyed a successful career from the 1920s onward. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES