The Young Syrian and a Soldier, from Oscar Wilde's "Salome;" verso: Figures

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.48.2
People: 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

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
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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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