Study of Flowers, Lake Tahoe | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.16
People: F. Gray Foy, American (Dallas TX 1922 - 2012 New York City)
Title: Study of Flowers, Lake Tahoe
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1949
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308285

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 24.4 x 19.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, r. center: Gray Foy / 1949
exhibition label: removed from mount, now in curatorial file, paper: No. 31, New Talent in the US exhibition, 1957 (4/57 - 6/58)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Durlacher Brothers, New York New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1950, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.16
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Don Quaintance, ed., Gray Foy: Drawings 1941-1975, Callaway Arts & Entertainment (New York, 2018), p. 28, pl. 28, ill.

Exhibition History

Unidentified Exhibition, Durlacher Bros. Galleries, 1951, Durlacher Bros. Galleries, New York, 04/20/1951 - 05/31/1951
New Talent in the USA, Unknown Venues, 04/01/1957 - 06/30/1957

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1951.16: Study of Flowers, Lake Tahoe