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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.206
People
Paul Jenkins, American (Kansas City, Missouri 1923 - 2012)
Title
Phoenix Wing
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1959
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317590

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil and enamel on canvas
Dimensions
80 x 115.6 cm (31 1/2 x 45 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Signed lr: Paul Jenkins
  • gallery label: Label affixed to the reverse from Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (inventory # 1461)
  • inscription: signed again, dated and inscribed "New York" on reverse, upper left.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul and Suzanne Jenkins, New York, New York, sold through [Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, New York]; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907, by exchange
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.206
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Carlyle Burrows, Herald Tribune Book Review (New York, March 25, 1956)
  • Martha Jackson Gallery, Oils by Paul Jenkins, exh. cat. (New York, 1956), cat. no. 1
  • Pictures on Exhibit (1956), p. 25

Exhibition History

  • Oils by Paul Jenkins, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 03/20/1956 - 04/07/1956

Verification Level

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