Frank Loper aet suae 86

1937

George Biddle

Artist, American, 1885 - 1973

Lawrence Barrett

Printer, American, 1897 - 1973

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 23.97 × 30.64 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.17 × 33.02 cm (19 3/4 × 13 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.882

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pennigar 1979, no. 133

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1957; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • The Graphic Work of George Biddle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979, no. 133

Bibliography

1979

  • Pennigar, Martha. The Graphic Work of George Biddle, with Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1979, pp. 31, 46, no. 133.

Inscriptions

center left on stone: 100; lower right in graphite: Frank Loper. aet. suae 86. by George Biddle.; lower left edge in graphite: 36/70; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 13; upper left verso in blue ink by unknown hand: $30 / "Ex-Slave of Jefferson Davis"

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Wikidata ID

Q77008920

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