Piltti Heiskanen
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
early 1940s
Graphite on wove paper
Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dianne and Thomas McFarland
2014.43
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed and signed, lower right: To Christl + Piltti— / Paul Sample; [label of a Munich frame maker on frame backing].
Provenance
The artist; to the sitter, Piltti Heiskanen (1912-2001) and his wife Christine (1919-2006), early 1940s; collection of Christine Heiskanen, after her husband’s death in 2001; to Thomas McFarland, executor of her estate, and his wife, Diane, upon the death of Christine Heiskanen in 2006; given to present collection, 2014.
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