Gargoyle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1967.7
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Gargoyle
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1878
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227786

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: sight: 72.1 x 144.8 x 68.6 cm (28 3/8 x 57 x 27 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Memorial Hall, 1878.
Transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1967.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Memorial Hall, Harvard University
Accession Year: 1967
Object Number: 1967.7
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

H. Wade White, "Nineteenth Century American Sculpture at Harvard, a Glance at the Collection", Harvard Library Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, October 1970), vol. XVIII, no. 4, p. 359-366, pl. III

Exhibition History

Untitled Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/01/1967 - 06/30/1967
Exotic Animal Sculpture, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 12/01/1969 - 01/04/1970
The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

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1967.7: Gargoyle