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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.329
People
Isamu Noguchi, American (Los Angeles CA 1904 - 1988 New York NY)
Title
Polar Bear
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1928
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307752

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drawing; graphite on very thin white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 27.5 x 43.9 cm (10 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, u.r.: Isamu Noguchi, Paris 1928

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Maria Sterner, sold; to Private Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.329
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • The Animal in Chinese Art, University of Indiana, Bloomington, 03/23/1952 - 04/09/1952

Verification Level

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