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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.145
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Deeps L.A.
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1973
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175305

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on layered off-white wove paper
Dimensions
60.8 x 45.7 cm (23 15/16 x 18 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: CMW 73
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Deeps L.A. [very faint]
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: deeps L.A. [written over faint inscription of "Deeps L.A."]
  • label: verso of frame backing board, u.r., paper, printed: Hirschl & Adler Modern / WCM04875D (W. 155) / Christopher Wilmarth / Deeps L. A., 1983 / Watercolor and graphite on paper / 24 x 18 in / 61.0 x 45.7 cm / 851 Madison Avenue / New York 10021
  • label: verso of backing board of frame, u.r., paper, printed: Sidney Janis Gallery / 110 West 57 Street / NY 10019 / WILMARTH # 20046 / Deeps L. A. / 1973 / Watercolor and graphite on paper / 24 x 18 inches

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], 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.145
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christopher Wilmarth Drawings 1963-1987, auct. cat., Hirschl & Adler Modern Gallery (New York, NY, 1989), cat. no. 7, p. 39, and pp. 6-7, repr. color

Exhibition History

  • Christopher Wilmarth Drawings 1963-1987, Hirschl & Adler Modern Gallery, 06/01/1989 - 07/28/1989

Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

Verification Level

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