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Image Not Available for Dr. George David Birkhoff (1884-1944)
Dr. George David Birkhoff (1884-1944)
Image Not Available for Dr. George David Birkhoff (1884-1944)
Artist/Maker (1897 - 1961)

Dr. George David Birkhoff (1884-1944)

ca. 1940–1945
Crayon, graphite, and touches of white tempera on paper
Overall: 22 3/8 × 18 3/8 in. (56.8 × 46.7 cm)
Gift of Enit Kaufman
1947.185
The subject of this painting was a professor of mathematics at Harvard University and one of the leading mathematicians in the U.S. in the first half of the twentieth century.
DescriptionPortrait
Markingssignature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
InscribedSigned at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
John Marin (1872-1953)
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940-1945
1947.167
Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959)
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1945
1947.219