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The Flutist
I. E. Levie (19th century)
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on papercard
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.6 x 19.8 cm (9 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1119, fig. 236 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portraits. Young man, elegantly dressed in embroidered vest and tail coat, standing facing, left hand at hip. Flute in right hand, arm resting on open cover of traveling bag placed on chair.
InscriptionsLR in wash: I.E. Levie / 251 Broadway
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)