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Katerina Ivanovna

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Type
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Date
ca. 1933
Accession number
93.11
Maker
Boardman Robinson(Opens in new tab) (American, 1876–1952)
Dimensions
15 x 11 3/4 in. (38.1 x 29.8 cm.)
Medium
graphite and oil on paper laid on paper
Description
This drawing was given to the Huntington by Paul S. Kearns, a student of Mr. Robinson, who acquired the drawing from the artist for $18 in May or June 1947. The drawing depicts a man with a sword on the right (Dmitri Karamazov) bowing to a woman (Katerina Ivanovna), who stands in a doorway holding a handkerchief to her mouth with one hand and either accepting or giving a piece of paper (probably the money) with the other hand. The work is a study for an illustration Robinson made for a 1933 University of Chicago edition of Dostoyevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov,' Book III, 'The Confession of an ardent heart -- in verse'
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Paul S. Kearns
Department
American Art
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This drawing was given to the Huntington by Paul S. Kearns, a student of Mr. Robinson, who acquired the drawing from the artist for $18 in May or June 1947. The drawing depicts a man with a sword on the right (Dmitri Karamazov) bowing to a woman (Katerina Ivanovna), who stands in a doorway holding a handkerchief to her mouth with one hand and either accepting or giving a piece of paper (probably the money) with the other hand. The work is a study for an illustration Robinson made for a 1933 University of Chicago edition of Dostoyevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov,' Book III, 'The Confession of an ardent heart -- in verse'

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