1943.46.6: The Potion, from "Tristan and Isolde;" on album leaf: Hands; verso: Figures

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.46.6

People

James Crichton, American (Baltimore, Maryland 1879 - 1907 New York, New York)

Title

The Potion, from "Tristan and Isolde;" on album leaf: Hands; verso: Figures

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1906

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/194165

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, black ink, metallic paint over graphite on cream wove paper; verso of sheef affixed to album leaf: graphite; verso of album leaf: graphite

Dimensions

album leaf: 24.7 x 35 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
sheet affixed to album leaf: 23 x 33.2 cm (9 1/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
border drawn around image on sheet affixed to album leaf: 23 x 33.2 cm (9 1/16 x 13 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r. [written sideways]: Crichton / 1906
• inscription: affixed sheet, upper center, in image, black ink, in artist's hand: The Potion
• inscription: in image, graphite, in artist's hand: Elizabeth's hand

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Elizabeth Crichton Batty, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Crichton Batty

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.46.6

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Another page is glued down by all corners to the album leaf.

Related Works

• 1943.46

  James Crichton

  Album of Drawings, including illustrations for "Tristan and Isolde"

  Drawings

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