Peggy Bacon

Portrait of Marsden Hartley
c. 1931

A sketch of a man in profile with a stern expression, featuring prominent lines and shading to define his facial features. The drawing is on aged paper with some creases and discoloration, and there is a signature at the bottom right corner.
A sketch of a man in profile with a stern expression, featuring prominent lines and shading to define his facial features. The drawing is on aged paper with some creases and discoloration, and there is a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
c. 1931

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/4in. (26 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
88.3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Grace Belt Endowed Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© A. B. Brook for the Estate of Peggy Bacon

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Peggy Bacon
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