Artist
Simeon Solomon(English, 1840–1905)English, 1840–1905
CultureEnglish
Titles
- A Hebrew Girl (or A Hebrew Maiden)
Date1874
MediumGraphite with white chalk and scratching out on wove paper
DimensionsSheet/Image: 11 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (29.5 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2018.213
Non exposé
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(2) This sale is noted in Carolyn Conroy, “‘He Hath Mingled with the Ungodly’: The Life of Simeon Solomon After 1873, with a Survey of the Extant Works” (PhD diss., University of York, 2009), 115. Neither the drawing’s buyer nor the original owner are known. Direct transfer from the buyer at the Phillips auction to the Maas Gallery is unconfirmed.
Exhibition History"Paintings and Drawings by the Late Simeon Solomon," Baillie Gallery, London, December 9, 1905–January 13, 1906. (Baillie’s catalogue lists the drawing in question—also dated to 1874—as A Hebrew Maiden).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed and dated in graphite, bottom left corner: SS / 1874
Recto: Initialed and dated in graphite, bottom left corner: SS / 1874
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