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Portrait of Barbara Olmsted by Ralph Ward Stackpole

Portrait of Barbara Olmsted by Ralph Ward Stackpole

Portrait of Barbara Olmsted

Ralph Ward Stackpole

Title

Portrait of Barbara Olmsted

 
Artist

Ralph Ward Stackpole

  1885 - 1973 (biography)
Year
1934  
Technique
drawing in graphite 
Image Size
12 3/8 x 9 3/8" image and paper 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not applicable 
Annotations
dedicated in pencil: "good luck to / Barbara Rick - from Ralph Stackpole / may 21 1934" 
Reference
 
Paper
cream laid "Ingres D'Arches - France" 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
19889 
Price
SOLD
Description

This drawing by Ralph Stackpole is of artist Barbara Olmsted at age 19. It is dedicated to her and her husband at that time, Frederick Olmsted, who was known by his nickname "Rick."

Ralph Stackpole was a noted San Francisco sculptor, painter and etcher who was known for his social realism. He recommended that Mexican artist Diego Rivera do a mural for the San Francisco Stock Exchange in 1930.