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Portrait head study of Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former delegate from South Africa to the League of Nations
Portrait head study of Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former delegate from South Africa to the League of Nations

Portrait head study of Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former delegate from South Africa to the League of Nations

League of Nations Portraits
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Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:
Portrait head study of Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts, former delegate from South Africa to the League of Nations
Date:
1930
Artist:
Medium:
Charcoal and sanguine on paper with framing line in charcoal
Dimensions
15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (folded)
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[front cover in graphite]: Head of Gen. Smuts / Jan 10, 1930 / N.Y.; [lower right of drawing in red ink]: stamped signatureOakley did this study while Smuts was attending the banquet in New York celebrating the tenth birthday of the League of Nations.

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