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Girl in Green Smock

Girl in Green Smock

Artist: William Hugh Ferguson (American, 1905 - 1985)

Date: c. 1925
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.3 cm)
Framed: 28 3/4 x 23 in. (73 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1928.320.1
This painting depicts a young student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia where Ferguson studied painting and exhibited his work. The figure with strawberry blonde hair sits in front of a decorative screen, in contemplation. The technique conveys a wonderful spontaneity of brushwork.
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