Mr. Lawrence Haynes, Sr. (Age 87)

Oakley Family

Object Details

Title:

Date:

1943

Artist:

Medium:

Sanguine and white pastel on paper between hinged mats with framing lines in gold and brown wash

Dimensions

18 x 12 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[bottom right in graphite]: Violet / Oakley / 1943; [verso printed label 1 of 5 re Woodmere Art Gallery, in black type]: [artist]: Violet Oakley / [title]Mr. Lawrence Haynes, Sr. / Study for a Portrait / [medium]: sanguine / [price]: $300.00; [verso label 2 of 5 in black ink]: P-777; [verso label 3 of 5 in faded black ink]: 22 [in triangle]; [verso label 4 of 5 in black ink]: Lawrence Haynes Sr. / by / Violet Oakley; [label 5 of 5 in black ink]: Violet Oakley [space] (Sanguine) / Portrait of Lawrence Haynes, Sr., / age 87; cousin of Violet Oakley / DrawingHaynes was Oakley’s cousin and father of tenor Lawrence Haynes, Jr.

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