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Inscribedl.l. in gouache: Breinin -40; verso on mount u. edge, 5 exhibition stickers: [Museu Nacional de Belas Artes]; verso u.l. on sticker: [Downtown Gallery label]; u.c. on sticker: [packer's label, NY,NY.]; verso u.r. on sticker: No. 41624/ picture; verso u.c. in ink: RAYMOND BREININ/ "THIS WAS MY SISTER"/ [crossed out]/ $100.00; verso c.l. in white chalk: [illegible]/ WALDORF; verso c. in red crayon: N3 [encircled]; verso l.l. in crayon: 40[underlined]/ -66; verso c.r. in crayon: 6232[illegible]/ 105; verso u.r. on sticker on frame: No. 41624/ frame
This Was My Sister
Artist
Raymond Breinin
(American ; 1910-2000)
Date1940
DimensionsOverall: 25 3/16 x 36 5/8 in. (64 x 93 cm)
frame: 28 9/16 x 40 9/16 in. (72.5 x 103 cm)
frame: 28 9/16 x 40 9/16 in. (72.5 x 103 cm)
Classification(s)
- DRAWING
Credit LineGift of Cole Porter
Terms
- interior
- figure
- shadow
- door
- picture
- female portrait
- Surrealism
Object number47.1.5
Descriptionmedium weight, wove cardboard mounted by artist to heavy woodpulp cardboard which has extensive labelsInscribedl.l. in gouache: Breinin -40; verso on mount u. edge, 5 exhibition stickers: [Museu Nacional de Belas Artes]; verso u.l. on sticker: [Downtown Gallery label]; u.c. on sticker: [packer's label, NY,NY.]; verso u.r. on sticker: No. 41624/ picture; verso u.c. in ink: RAYMOND BREININ/ "THIS WAS MY SISTER"/ [crossed out]/ $100.00; verso c.l. in white chalk: [illegible]/ WALDORF; verso c. in red crayon: N3 [encircled]; verso l.l. in crayon: 40[underlined]/ -66; verso c.r. in crayon: 6232[illegible]/ 105; verso u.r. on sticker on frame: No. 41624/ frame
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