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In the Dark He Felt the Touch of His Mother's Hand on his Hair (Primary Title)
Untitled (Former Title)

Benson Knipe, American, 1870 - 1958 (Artist)

ca. 1890
American
Works On Paper
Drawings
ink and graphite on illustration board
American Art
Overall: 10 1/2 × 15 in. (26.67 × 38.1 cm)
Image: 7 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (18.42 × 26.04 cm)
2008.117
Not on view
Signed in graphite lower left: Benson Knipe.
Stamp on verso lower left: Winsor & Newton's Illustration Board London & New York
Inscribed in graphite in lower margin: "Mrs Page H. Mcmonies (?)- In the dark he felt the touch of his mother's hand on his hair." Inscribed in blue colored pencil in right margin: tool pins/ white/ lampshade/ has all, (?)/ color/ __ (illegible)/ 29. Inscribed in graphite on verso: O Picture to Come (?)/ $30.
Gift of Fritz Brandt and Karen B. Siler in memory of Frederick and Carol Brandt
©artist or artist’s estate

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