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Portland Head Light, Maine
Object Details
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Date
1875
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Medium
Watercolor heightened with gum glaze over graphite on paper
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Dimensions
11 7/8 x 18 5/8 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
l.l. signed and dated: H. FARRER. 1875
Verso:
printed white label on [removed] backing board: [H&A logo] Hirschl & Adler \ Galleries, Inc. \ 21 East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ ARTIST: HENRY FARRER \ (1843-1903) \ NUMBER: APG 6842 \ TITLE: PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT, CAPE ELIZABETH, [underlined] \ MAINE [underlined] \ MEDIUM: WATERCOLOR ON PAPER \ SIZE: 12 x 181 /2 inches \ DATE: 1875
label on [removed] backing board: 46. HENRY FARRER [partially covered by above label] \ Portland Head Light, Coast of Maine \ watercolor 12 x 18 1/2 \ [image of painting] \ forty-four
stamped label on [removed] backing board: THIS ART HAS BEEN [illeg.] \ CLEAN ONLY WITH [illeg.] \ AND WATER WITH A SOFT DAMP CLOTH: \ DRY WITH SAME: DO NOT TAPE. UF4 [in graphite]
printed label on [removed] backing board: Henry Farrer \ PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT, COAST OF MAINE \ 12 x 181/2 inches; watercolor
printed label on [removed] backing board: Henry Farrer \ PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT \ Watercolor; \ 12 x 18 1/2 inches \ Signed lower left
printed label on [removed] backing board: ARTIST FARRER HENRY 1843 1903 Kennedy Galleries, INC. \ TITLE PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT 40 W. 57th St., 5th Floor, N.Y. 10019 \ 212 - 541-9600 \ SIGNED LOWER LEFT Year 1875 \ SIZE and MEDIUM 12.0, 18.5 WATERCOLOR ON PAPER 60009 \ NUMBER 10253 NEG. NO. K 2003 © Stock Number 00112889.3
printed label on [removed] backing board: ARTIST FARRER, HENRY [typewritten] DATES 1843-1903 [typewritten] \ TITLE Portland Head Light, Coast of Maine [typewritten] Kennedy Galleries, INC.\ PHOTO [stamped in ink] Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich \ 40 W. 57th St., 5th Floor, N.Y. 10019 \ SIGNED l.l. 1875 [typewritten] \ 212 - 541-9600 Telex 14-8381 \ SIZE and MEDIUM 12x181/2" watercolor [typewritten] \ STOCK NO. A12889/c. [typewritten] NEG. NO. K2003 [typewritten] printed label on [removed] backing board: FINE PRINTS AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS \ KENNEDY GALLERIES, INC. \ Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich \ 20 East 56TH STREET • NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 \ AI2889 [typewritten] \ ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR [typewritten] \ "PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT, [typewritten] \ CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE 1875 [typewritten] \ by [typewritten] \ M ["H." inscribed over it in ink] FARRER [typewritten] \ cat no. 46 [typewritten]
printed label on [removed] backing board: APG 6842 \ APG 6842
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
1990.11
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Copyright
Public domain
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Revealed Treasures: Drawings from the Permanent CollectionOctober 21, 2001–February 10, 2002
This exhibition of drawings spanning the 19th and 20th centuries represents the evolution of the medium from preliminary outlines for other artistic media to a modern means of self-expression in its own right.
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The Allure of Paper: Drawings and Watercolors from the CollectionJuly 9–October 9, 2011
This special exhibition showcases one-of-a-kind works on paper never before exhibited together, chronicling the sweeping changes that occurred in American art over the course of nearly 200 years from portraiture and history painting to modernism and abstraction.
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