Milking the Cow
William Zorach, American (born Lithuania), 1889 - 1966
1918
Graphite on textured wove paper
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist's children
D.988.56
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: Zorach / 1918; old paper backing: label: Currier Exhibition Cat. / 77. WILLIAM ZORACH / MILKING THE COW, 1918 / PENCIL / LENT ANONYMOUSLY; in black marker: Property of Tim, Peter + Jon Zorach / Milking the Cow / Echo Farm. NH / Currier Exhibition + Catalogue / 1987 / Label: PROPERTY OF - / Timothy, Peter & Jonathan Zorach / Star Route 2 / Bath, Maine 04530 / TItle: Milking the Cow Echo Farm N. H. 1918 10" x 7 3/4" by W.Z. / Inventory No. 276 327- 14
Course History
SART 15, Drawing I, Karol Kawiaka, Fall 2014
SART 20, 71, Drawing II, III, Tom Ferrara, Spring 2015
SART 15, Drawing I, Edward del Rosario, Spring 2015
SART 15, Drawing I, Edward del Rosario, Spring 2015
SART 20/SART 71, Drawing II/Drawing III, Jack Wilson, Fall 2022
Studio Art 15.02, Drawing I, Daniele Genadry, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Marguerite and William Zorach: The Cubist Years: 1915-1918, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, no. 77, January 11-February 15, 1987.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 249.
Provenance
Timothy and Tessim Zorach (artist's children); given to present collection, 1988.
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