id:			171640
accession number:	2014.406
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.406
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:41.089000

Chinatown, New York, c. 1909. Joseph Pennell (American, 1857–1926). Black and colored wax crayons on gray wove black paper; sheet: 32.7 x 25 cm (12 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.); secondary support: 44.4 x 33.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Gregory M. Bishop and Jeffrey B. Bishop 2014.406

title:				Chinatown, New York
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creation date:			c. 1909
creation date earliest:		1904
creation date latest:		1914
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creditline:			Gift of Gregory M. Bishop and Jeffrey B. Bishop
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	black and colored wax crayons on gray wove black paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Joseph Pennell (American, 1857–1926)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 32.7 x 25 cm (12 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.4 x 33.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/8 in.)
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	description:	faded blue paper, gray wove paper
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	inscription:	signed, lower center, in graphite: Pennell ; lower left, in graphite: chap 16 ; SECONDARY SUPPORT,  lower left, in graphite: [illegible]; lower left, in graphite: chap 16 ; lower left, in graphite: chap x [illegible] ; lower center, in graphite: 4 1/8 ; lower center, in graphite: Chinatown ; lower center, in graphite: 1615 [circled] ; lower right, in graphite: 75. ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, along left edge, in graphite: Mrs. Bishop ; vertical in center, in graphite: chinatown ; lower center, in graphite: 36 ; lower right, stamped in black: 5360 ; lower right, in blue pencil: 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98.  "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."', 'opening_date': '1998-04-19T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Samuel Mather (1851-1931); Constance Mather Bishop (d. 1969) by inheritance from her father; Amasa S. Bishop, by inheritance from his mother; Barbara Merrill Bishop (d. 2003), by inheritance from her husband, Amasa S. Bishop.
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