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Study for Tip a Toe, from Marigold Garden, 1885. Pen and brown ink and watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan).
Pen and brown ink and watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan) · 27.9 × 23.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Study for Tip a Toe, from Marigold Garden
- Artist
- Kate Greenaway English, 1846-1901
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink and watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)
- Dimensions
- 27.9 × 23.8 cm (11 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. John W. Taylor, Mrs. Winthrop M. Robinson, Jr. and Mrs. Fred D. Sauter from the Estate of Frances Hooper
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1846–1901
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.