Joseph Pennell / Chinatown, New York / ca. 1909Joseph Pennell
Chinatown, New York
ca. 1909

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Creator Name: PENNELL, JOSEPH
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1860 - 1926
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Joseph Pennell
Title: Chinatown, New York
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1907
Creation End Date: 1911
Creation Date: ca. 1909
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: color crayons
Dimensions: Sheet: 32.7cm x 25cm, Secondary Support: 44.4cm x 33.3cm
Inscriptions: signed, lower center, in graphite: Pennell ; lower left, in graphite: chap 16 ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: [illegible]; lower left, in graphite: chap 16 ; lower left, in graphite: chap x [illegible] ; lower center, in graphite: 4 1/8 ; lower center, in graphite: Chinatown ; lower center, in graphite: 1615 [circled] ; lower right, in graphite: 75. ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, along left edge, in graphite: Mrs. Bishop ; vertical in center, in graphite: chinatown ; lower center, in graphite: 36 ; lower right, stamped in black: 5360 ; lower right, in blue pencil:
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 340.1987
Credit Line: Anonymous Loan
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: A friend and biographer of Whistler, Joseph Pennell produced hundreds of drawings, prints and illustrations in a Whistlerian style. Many of them were used to illustrate magazine articles or books on travel by figures such as Henry James (1843-1916). Thisdrawing was used to illustrate the book New New York by John C. Van Dyke, published in 1909.
AMICA ID: CMA_.340.1987
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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