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Alden Finney Brooks
1840–1932
The American Wing
- Maker/Artist
- Brooks, Alden Finney
- Formatted Medium
- Watercolor, graphite, and gold paint on wove cardboard Watercolor, light scraping to retain whites, graphite underdrawings; gold paint [border]; Stipple rich in face; used a combination of thin washes, layered to enchance and modify color and thick opaque color [red] which has a slight gloss [perhaps coated or combined with gun arabie]; entire sheet is covered
- Medium
- watercolor, graphite, gold, paint, wove, cardboard, light, scraping, retain, whites, underdrawings, border, stipple, rich, face, used, combination, thin, washes, layered, enchance, modify, color, thick, opaque, red, which, has, slight, gloss, perhaps, coated, combined, gun, arabie, entire, sheet, covered
- Dimensions
- 9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.9 x 16.8 cm)
- Departments
- The American Wing
- Credit Line
- Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, l989
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