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Artist/Maker
George Shellhase
(American, 1895 – 1988)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumBlack crayon, gray wash and opaque white with graphite on woven paper
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (36.8 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Dorothy Pilkington
Object number2008.2.5
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
prior to 1983: Private collection of Walter Pilkington
2008: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Dorothy Pilkington, widow of Walter Pilkington
2008: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Dorothy Pilkington, widow of Walter Pilkington
Signature
Recto, lower right (ink): "Shellhase"
Inscribed
Entitled in pencil at lower right corner: "I'D LIKE TO BORROW MISS PHILIPS / FOR A WHILE"; inscribed in pencil on verso at upper left: O [empty circle]; in pencil on verso at upper right: 99 [encircled]; in pencil on verso at lower right: H1 3681-16-13
George Shellhase
Date: early 20th century
Medium: Black crayon, gray wash and opaque white on woven paper
Object number: 2008.2.7
George Shellhase
Date: c. 1937
Medium: Black crayon, gray wash, and opaque white on paper
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Object number: 1991.179
Reginald Pollack
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Medium: Black and white crayon lithograph on paper
Object number: 1991.183
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Object number: 1981.4
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