Art, literature & historyWater Works Philadelphia
1912
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Black wax crayon, with scraping and touches of charcoal, heightened with traces of white pencil, on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 55.3 × 42.7 cm (21 13/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- RX18296/78
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Water Works Philadelphia — Joseph Pennell. 1912.
Medium: Black wax crayon, with scraping and touches of charcoal, heightened with traces of white pencil, on cream wove paper. Dimensions: 55.3 × 42.7 cm (21 13/16 × 16 13/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.