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Portrait study of Quita Woodward
Portrait study of Quita Woodward

Portrait study of Quita Woodward

Woodward Family
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Philadelphia, PA

Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Quita Woodward
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Oil on canvas board
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso in red ink]: Quita Woodward OP75; [verso 1 of 2 labels in black ink]: 152 [in triangle]; [verso 2 of 2 labels in black ink]: P-878This is an undated portrait study of Quita Woodward (whose full name is Gertrude Houston Quita Woodward), daughter of Gertrude and George Woodward. Quita died tragically of Hodgkin’s Disease in 1934, shortly after graduating from Bryn Mawr College.

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