Invitation #2 Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Invitation #2 Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.79
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Invitation No. 2
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1976
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174312

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on translucent vellum paper, partly incised (?)
Dimensions
sight: 73.7 x 55.8 cm (29 x 21 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: CMW 76
  • stamp: verso of backing board of frame, center, black ink: CHRISTOPHER WILMARTH/
    P.O. BOX 203/
    CANAL ST. STATION/
    NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013
  • stamp: verso of backing board of frame, center, black ink: © Copyright--Chris Wilmarth--1977/
    All Rights Reserved/
    Do Not Reproduce Without/
    The Written Permission/
    of Chris Wilmarth.
  • stamp: verso of backing board of frame, center, black ink, printed and handwritten, in artist's hand: ARTIST Christopher Wilmarth
    TITLE Invitation #2 DATE 1976
    MATERIAL Translucent paper and graphite
    DIMENSION 21 3/4 X 29"
    LOCATION
    PRICE
  • gallery label: verso of backing board of frame, l.r., paper, printed and handwritten, in artist's hand: [label for the Studio for the First Amendment; description of drawing in Wilmarth's handwriting]
  • label: verso of backing board of frame, l.r., paper: [Descriptive label]
  • inscription: verso of backing board of frame, l.r., graphite: W 210
  • stamp: verso of frame backing board on descriptive label, l.r. corner, black ink: CMW

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Christopher Wilmarth, by descent; to Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau, New York, New York, 1987, sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, through the [Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.79
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

Verification Level

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