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Adolescence

Leon Kroll

Adolescence

1940

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Leon Kroll

Adolescence

1940

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, Unframed: 42 1/4 x 26 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (107.3 x 66.4 x 3.2 cm) Framed: 50 3/16 x 34 1/16 x 2 5/8 in. (127.5 x 86.5 x 6.7 cm)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.342
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, October 5, 1942; the artist, New York
Leon Kroll, "Leon Kroll A Spoken Memoir," Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia for the University of Virginia Art Museum, 1983, no. 123, ill.
Arthur L. Guptill, "Oil Painting Step-By-Step," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1965, p. 86, ill.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 193.

Inscribed: Front: "Leon Kroll" in black paint on the lower right Frame Inscriptions "KROLL" in black grease crayon on the top left and center There is a label on the top right corner that reads, "MILLS COLLEGE ART/MILLS COLLEGE CALIF/NUMBER 12/EXHIBITOR KROLL/box 51.3a" The label is browned and all of the information on the label is printed except "box 51/3a" which is hand in pencil. "Associated Ameri/Title Re/Artist/Med" is printed on a browned label with a red border. "Re" is written in black ink, all the rest is printed. On the bottom center of the frame is a browned label with a red border. The left part of the label has been ripped off and there is no writing on the label. Backing Board On the top left of the backing board is a cream label with black print that reads, "The BALTIMORE MUSEUM of ART/ART MUSEUM DRIVE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218/TITLE Adolescence (1941)/ARTIST LEON KROLL (American 1884-1974)/ACCESSIONS NUMBER BMA 1950.342/LOAN NUMBER/DONOR The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta LENDER Cone of Baltimore, Maryland" On the top right is a white label with black type that reads, "Abraham Leon Kroll/Adolescence (1941)/Oil on canvas/The Cone Collection/BMA 1950.342"

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Leon Kroll

1883–1973

American, 1884-1974
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