# Figures, in The American Gilded Age

Robert Frederick Blum drew this in 1881, aged 24. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> Partial sketch of three figures.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: 1881
- Medium: Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions: 16.9 × 10.9 cm (6 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1904-16-345
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Robert Frederick Blum](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/robert-frederick-blum), American, 1857–1903

Blum trained in Cincinnati and Philadelphia and became a leading American illustrator, admired for his deft pen work, pastels and etchings. In Venice in 1880 he worked in the circle of Frank Duveneck and was influenced by Whistler.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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