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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Memphis, Tennessee


Accession #79.11.2
Subject/Title:
Pancho from Rancho Telva
Artist:Jack Grue, American (b. Russia),
1896-1956
Date Created:ca. 1950
Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
901-544-6200
Frame Dimensions:7 1/2" x 7"
Image Dimensions:3 5/8" x 2 5/8"
Materials/Media:Watercolor on ivory
Date Documented:31 May 2008
Condition:Good

Description:Bust portrait of a man with a moustache, his head angled to his right. He is wearing a hat with a black ribbon and a white collared shirt. The man is set in an archway with a staircase and multiple plants in the background along with a cloudy blue sky.
History of Work:Signed LL: Grue. Artist lived and worked in Memphis from 1939 to 1956.
Notes: Provenance: Given from a private collector. - Given by Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hirsch in memory of Jack Grue

Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.


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