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Maker(s):Barnet, Will
Culture:American (1911 - 2012)
Title:Preliminary sketch for "Child Reading"
Date Made:1970s
Type:Drawing
Materials:graphite and watercolor on thin, smooth, cream-colored paper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sheet: 17 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in; 43.8 cm x 30.2 cm; image: 7 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 20 cm x 10.5 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature in pencil at lower right image: Will Barnet; inscribed in pencil at upper right: For - green blanket / [illegible], Blk Bed luminous / darker at posts / hair heavier / in texture and paint / book [small sketch of book] / green luminous / cat / flat black; in pencil to right of sketch: yel. blanket
Accession Number:  SC 2013.7.1
Credit Line:Gift of Caryn Dreyfuss
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art

Description:
girl with long hair and bangs, in striped shirt, seated in bed with pillow behind her back reading a book lying on the covers with curled cat in foreground

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Barnet, Will
American (1911 - 2012)
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