Mary Jenks Watercolor
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Mary Jenks ( is primarily known as Mary Jenks Coulter) American artist. Born in Newport, KY on Aug. 30, 1880. She died in Amherst, Massachusetts 1966. Also known as Mary Jencques she was a pupil of Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. After her marriage to Fred Coulter in 1902, she moved to Chicago where she studied a variety of crafts (weaving, bookbinding, jewelry, pottery) at the AIC [Art Institute of Chicago] and was the first curator of etchings and engravings at that school. Upon returning from a tour of Europe, she earned a philosophy degree from the University of Chicago. In 1915 her husband died and she moved to California. Exhibited: Lewis & Clark Expo, 1905 (medal); AIC, 1909 (prize); Pan-Pacific Expo, 1915 (medal); Hawaiian Soc. Artists, 1917; CLPH (solo); Berkeley Lg. Fine Art, 1924; San Francisco AA 1924; Calif. SE, Stanford, 1928; de Young Mem. Mus, 1931 (solo); Los Angeles Mus. Art (prize); Huntington Library & Art Gal., San Marino, CA (fellow and reader); Uffizzi Gal., Florence, Italy; Biblioth‚Äö√†√∂‚à ö¬£que Nationale, Paris, France; Victoria & Albert Mus., London, England. Her work is in the following collections: LACMA; MMA; BMFA; AIC; LOC; NGA; Univ. Club, San Diego.; John Herron AI; British Mus.; FMA; NYPL; Cooke Gal., Honolulu; Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris, France; Huntington Library & Art Gal.; Calif. State Library, Sacramento; Calif. Soc. Pioneers, San Francisco; 168 etchings for Matson Navigation Co. Offered here is an original signed watercolor, dated 4/99, approx. 8 x 12".We do not sell framed items. This is not framed.
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There is one pin hole in the top left corner and another in the top righyt coprner otherwise in very good condition.
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