A young woman stands solemnly on a stoop while a mother carries a baby behind her.

Paintings

The Brown Sweater

1952

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 49 15/16 × 34 1/16 in. (126.8 × 86.5 cm)
Accession number
53.53
Acquired
1953
Credit line
Purchase, and gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, by exchange
Reproduction credit
© 1987, Raphael Soyer Estate
Department
collection

About this work

Raphael Soyer, The Brown Sweater, 1952. Oil on canvas, overall: 49 15/16 × 34 1/16 in. (126.8 × 86.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, and gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, by exchange 53.53. © 1987, Raphael Soyer Estate

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