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American Watercolor Society First Annual Dinner menu

Printed menu with 37 original signatures of members celebrating the 21st Anniversary, and First Annual Dinner of the American Watercolor Society, May 3, 1888, at the Hotel Brunswick, New York

Date1888
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions10 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (27.3 x 40 cm)
Signed[37 signatures including those of Samuel Clemens, William Merritt Chase, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Oliver Hazard Perry]
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.166
ClassificationManuscript
ProvenanceWilliam Anderson Coffin [1855-1925]; Estate of William Anderson Coffin, 1925; by descent; (Donn Kinzle, Duncansville, PA), 1972; John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
On ViewNo
American Watercolor …10.8 × 15.8 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 23× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.