Katerina Ivanovna

Maker Boardman Robinson (American, 1876-1952)

Collections

American Drawings

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1933

Mediumgraphite and oil on paper laid on paper

Dimensions15 x 11 3/4 in. (38.1 x 29.8 cm.)

DescriptionThis drawing was given to the Huntington by Paul S. Kearns, a student of Mr. Robinson, who acquired the drawing from the artist for $18 in May or June 1947. The drawing depicts a man with a sword on the right (Dmitri Karamazov) bowing to a woman (Katerina Ivanovna), who stands in a doorway holding a handkerchief to her mouth with one hand and either accepting or giving a piece of paper (probably the money) with the other hand. The work is a study for an illustration Robinson made for a 1933 University of Chicago edition of Dostoyevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov,' Book III, 'The Confession of an ardent heart -- in verse'

SignedSigned in lower right of recto in ink: Boardman Robinson

InscribedSigned in lower right of recto in ink: Boardman Robinson

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Paul S. Kearns

Label TextThis drawing was given to the Huntington by Paul S. Kearns, a student of Mr. Robinson, who acquired the drawing from the artist for $18 in May or June 1947. The drawing depicts a man with a sword on the right (Dmitri Karamazov) bowing to a woman (Katerina Ivanovna), who stands in a doorway holding a handkerchief to her mouth with one hand and either accepting or giving a piece of paper (probably the money) with the other hand. The work is a study for an illustration Robinson made for a 1933 University of Chicago edition of Dostoyevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov,' Book III, 'The Confession of an ardent heart -- in verse'

Status

Not on view

Object number93.11