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Harriet and Leon

Artist

Allan Rohan Crite (American 1910–2007)

Date

1941

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

36 x 26 in. (91.4 x 66 cm)

Description

This painting depicts architect Leon Bailey and Harriet Jackson in Boston’s South End. It is one of the last of Crite’s well-known “neighborhood series,” which he began painting in 1929.

Inscription

Inscribed on lower right: “Allan R. Crite / ARC / 1941”

Credit Line

Gift of the artist, 1971

Object Number

UR235