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

Status

Not on view

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'

Object number93.11