I Detest Red Heads (Thompson)
Unknown American, American
1903
Ink and color on paper
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 19 in. (31.3 × 48.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Transferred from the Dartmouth College Library
2014.79.32
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in ink, left: Little dabs of powder / [L]ittle gobs of paint; / make our Timmy's freckles / Look / as / if / they / aint!; inscribed, in ink, lower center: "I detest Red Heads" / THOMPSON / N.Y. 3/10-1903
Provenance
Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978); given to the Dartmouth College Library, likely through the Estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (1915-1995) courtesy of Edward Connery Lathem (1926-2009); transferred to present collection.
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