Niños desamparados (Helpless Children)

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Niños desamparados (Helpless Children)

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Niños desamparados (Helpless Children),

1938

Jean Charlot, 1898–1979; born Paris, France; died Honolulu, HI; active Mexico and United States
2001-59

Information

Title
Niños desamparados (Helpless Children)
Dates

1938

Maker
Jean Charlot
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
75 x 100 cm (29 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.) frame: 91 × 116.5 × 5 cm (35 13/16 × 45 7/8 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-59
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, Probably New York

Signatures
Signed and dated in oil, upper right: Jean | Charlot | 38
Marks/Labels/Seals
Culture
Mexican
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
figures (representations), children (people by age group), homeless persons

around 1938, Bonestell Gallery, New York, NY.

by 1995, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA;

1995-2001, purchased by David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL

2001-present, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum

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