Two Elves in Stolen Dresses | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2001.81
People: John Wesley, American (Los Angeles, California 1928 - 2022 New York, New York)
Title: Two Elves in Stolen Dresses
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1978
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/175047

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gouache on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

49.7 x 64.8 cm (19 9/16 x 25 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: "2 ELVES IN STOLEN / DRESSES" / John Wesley 1978

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Barbara Fish Lee, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and William M. Prichard Memorial Fund
Copyright: © Copyright John Wesley
Accession Year: 2001
Object Number: 2001.81
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Linda Norden, John Wesley: Love's Lust, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), n.p.

Exhibition History

John Wesley: Love's Lust, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2001 - 02/25/2001

Verification Level

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2001.81: Two Elves in Stolen Dresses