William Sommer

Seated Woman and Dog
1928

A watercolor and ink drawing depicting a reclining woman in a pink dress with a fox lying across her lap, set against a backdrop of abstractly rendered buildings under a blue sky with clouds. The woman appears to be gesturing with her right hand, and both she and the fox are looking towards the left. The artist's signature and the year 1945 are visible in the lower left corner.
A watercolor and ink drawing depicting a reclining woman in a pink dress with a fox lying across her lap, set against a backdrop of abstractly rendered buildings under a blue sky with clouds. The woman appears to be gesturing with her right hand, and both she and the fox are looking towards the left. The artist's signature and the year 1945 are visible in the lower left corner.

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Date
1928

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 15 1/16in. (27.9 × 38.3 cm) Mount (paper): 11 5/8 × 15 1/2in. (29.5 × 39.4 cm)

Accession number
74.56

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Joseph, Elsie, and Connie Erdelac

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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William Sommer
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