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Claude Allin Shepperson

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Claude Allin Shepperson
1867-1921
Woman Assaulting a Man in a Hotel Room
1910s?
Pen and black ink on illustration board.
6 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches (162 x 275 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2229
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Drawing signed "Shepperson" at lower right.
Drawing possibly intended for a cartoon for an unidentified publication.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a woman in a nightgown seizing a man by the shirtfront and pushing him backwards against the rail at the foot of a bed; a sign on the wall behind them indicates that the setting is a hotel room.

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Shepperson, Claude A.
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings