1968.19: The Dream of the Damsel

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1968.19

People

Fernando Zóbel, Spanish (Manila, Philippines 1924 - 1984 Rome, Italy)

Title

The Dream of the Damsel

Other Titles

Original Language Title: El sueno de la doncella

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1967

Culture

Spanish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228139

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

78.7 × 78.7 cm (31 × 31 in.)
framed: 81.9 × 81.9 × 5.1 cm (32 1/4 × 32 1/4 × 2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: On back: Zobel/ 9 de Nov., Signed Date: 1967
• label: in mylar envelope adhered to backing board: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia / Zobel / 18 febrero - 5 mayo 2003 / 56/049 / Zobel, Fernando / El sueno de la doncella (The dream of the Damsel)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Paul J. Haldeman

Accession Year

1968

Object Number

1968.19

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1968, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1969), p. 217 (b/w)
• Peter Soriano, Creative transformations: drawings and paintings by Fernando Zóbel, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1987)
• Felipe Pereda and Manuel Fontan del Junco, ed., Zobel: The Future of the Past, exh. cat., Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid, 2022), p. 124, fig. 54, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

• Zóbel, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 02/18/2003 - 05/05/2003

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