Claude Raguet Hirst- An Interesting Book
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| ARTIST'S NAME: | COUNTRY: | BORN - DIED: | |
| Claude Raguet | Hirst | America | 1855-1942 |
| TITLE: | |||
| An Interesting Book | |||
| DATE: | MEDIUM: | DIMENSIONS: | |
| 1890 | watercolor on paper mounted to board | 20 x 24 1/2 | |
| DESCRIPTION: | |||
| A tromp l'oeil watercolor consisting of an open book with eyeglasses placed on the page, the book is placed on top of another book. A pipe with spilt ashes; 2 burnt matchesl; 1 broken match; 1 unbroken match; 1 candlestick & candle; a wrapped package of tobacco. All objects are placed on a wooden table. | |||
| CREDIT: | ACCESSION #: | ||
| Purchased with monies from the Doran Foundatin and in Memory of Edward & Rosa Langenbach. | 997.1 | ||
