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Boiling the Kettle

A work made of watercolor over graphite on ivory watercolor paper.

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  • A work made of watercolor over graphite on ivory watercolor paper.

Date:

1923

Artist:

Frank Weston Benson
American, 1862-1951

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Frank Weston Benson

Title

Boiling the Kettle

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1923

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on ivory watercolor paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower left, in watercolor: "F.W. Benson / 23"

Dimensions

37.6 × 53.5 cm (14 13/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1933.461

Extended information about this artwork

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