1943.48.2: The Young Syrian and a Soldier, from Oscar Wilde's "Salome;" verso: Figures
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.48.2
- People
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James Crichton, American (Baltimore, Maryland 1879 - 1907 New York, New York)
- Title
- The Young Syrian and a Soldier, from Oscar Wilde's "Salome;" verso: Figures
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1907
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/194486
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metallic paint, black ink and watercolor over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
- Dimensions
- 35 x 25.3 cm (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.l.: JC 1907
- inscription: beneath image, black ink, in artist's hand: How strange the moon seems! She is like a / woman rising from a tomb.
- blind stamp: BOYÉ
- inscription: verso, u.l., black ink: 2
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
- 1943.48.2
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Previously folded 14.5 cm. from lower edge. Verso bears sketch of standing and reclining figures.
Verification Level
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