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Husher-to-Sleep

Husher-to-Sleep
Name: 
PAINTING
Husher-to-Sleep
circa 1912
Country: 
Great Britain
Accession: 
85.5.32
Vernon Hill Artist
Collection: 
Object
Subject: 
Figurative , Allegory
Inches 22-1/4 18-1/2 2-1/4 Dimensions, framed Inches 10-7/16 7-1/16 Dimensions, unframed, Centimeters 56.5 47.0 5.7 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 26.5 17.9 Dimensions, unframed
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
85.5.32.JPG
Tags: 
Paintings and Scuplture
Gouache on paper painting depicting the face of a sleeping male figure with stylized long red hair; small red flame is superimposed over the figure's mouth; hand-calligraphed and decorated black description and story on mat covering the painting.
Husher-to-Sleep
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  • Title :     Husher-to-Sleep
  • Artist:     Vernon Hill Artist
  • Accession:     85.5.32
  • Country:     Great Britain
  • Date:     circa 1912
  • Dimensions:     Inches 22-1/4 18-1/2 2-1/4 Dimensions, framed Inches 10-7/16 7-1/16 Dimensions, unframed, Centimeters 56.5 47.0 5.7 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 26.5 17.9 Dimensions, unframed
  • Collection:     Object
  • Subject:     Figurative , Allegory
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     85.5.32.JPG
  • Tags:     Paintings and Scuplture
Description:
Gouache on paper painting depicting the face of a sleeping male figure with stylized long red hair; small red flame is superimposed over the figure's mouth; hand-calligraphed and decorated black description and story on mat covering the painting.
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