Artist/Maker
Enit Zerner Kaufman
(1897 - 1961)
Dr. Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962)
ca. 1945
Graphite and black crayon on ochre paper
Overall: 25 × 19 in. (63.5 × 48.3 cm)
Gift of Enit Kaufman
1947.195
Compton, a native of Wooster, Ohio, received his Ph.D. was Princeton in 1916 and later became professor of physics at Washington University (1920-23) and at the University of Chicago (1923-45). He received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1927 for his work with X-rays. In the early and middle 1940s the artist, Enit Kaufman, made many portrait studies such as this one in a series intended to capture the likenesses of the notable men and women who had made significant contributions to the nation.
DescriptionPortraitMarkingssignature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
InscribedSigned at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"; verso inscribed at lower center: "AH Compton"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940–1945
1947.189
