Avon Neal, Ann Parker

Mary Simpson & her babe, Meriden, Connecticut, 1799
1963

Stylized artwork of two profiles, one larger than the other, enclosed within a circular border.
Stylized artwork of two profiles, one larger than the other, enclosed within a circular border.

Not on view

Date
1963

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Wax crayon on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 3/16 × 33 9/16in. (51.3 × 85.2 cm)

Accession number
75.41.10

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/25431

Part of a series:

A Portfolio of Rubbings from Early American Stone Sculpture Found in the Burying Grounds of New England

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Avon Neal
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Ann Parker
48 works in the collection

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