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Artist/Maker
George Shellhase
(American, 1895 – 1988)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumBlack crayon, gray wash and opaque white on woven paper
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (36.8 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Dorothy Pilkington
Object number2008.2.7
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: "Shellhase"
Inscribed
Recto, lower right corner (pencil): "YER HONOR - WE'D LIKE TO / SETTLE THIS OUT OF COURT"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "99" [encircled]
Verso, lower right (pencil): "H13681-16-11"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "99" [encircled]
Verso, lower right (pencil): "H13681-16-11"
George Shellhase
Date: c. 1937
Medium: Black crayon, gray wash, and opaque white on paper
Object number: 2008.2.6
Henry Moore
Date: 1946
Medium: Pencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, wash, pen and ink, chinagraph on paper
Object number: 1996.15.39
Reginald Pollack
Date: 1960-1963
Medium: Black, red, and blue crayon and tusche lithograph on white Arches paper
Object number: 1991.179
Hans Fischer
Date: 1952
Medium: Black and white crayon lithograph on paper
Object number: 1984.121
Reginald Pollack
Date: 1961
Medium: Black and white crayon lithograph on paper
Object number: 1991.183
Oscar Bluemner
Date: March 11, 1919
Medium: Conte crayon and wash on paper
Object number: 1981.4
Howard Warshaw
Date: mid 20th century
Medium: Conte crayon, ink wash and pen on paper
Object number: 1990.47
Zella de Milhau
Date: late 19th-mid 20th century
Medium: Pastel and pencil on gray paper
Object number: 1991.146
Date: likely 1837
Medium: Watercolor with opaque white on paper
Object number: 1971.26
Date: before 1950
Medium: Leather, thread, woven grass, black dye
Object number: 2023.10.11a-b
Unknown artist
Date: 19th-mid 20th century
Medium: Bamboo, black pigment, feathers, gum or resin, woven grass, stone
Object number: 2023.10.37

