The Heritage of Motherhood | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1973.7
People: Gertrude Käsebier, American (Des Moines, Iowa, USA 1852 - 1934 New York, N.Y. USA)
Title: The Heritage of Motherhood
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1904
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, Maine
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/285836

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gum bichromate print
Dimensions: image: 24.2 x 19.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mina Turner, New York, New York, from the artist, gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1973. Mina Turner was a granddaughter of Gertrude Kasebier. Davis Pratt obtained this photograph (as well as four others Mina Turner gave to the Fogg Art Museum in 1973) for acquisition consideration from Peter Bunnell, who while still at the Museum of Modern Art was apparently helping the estate's heirs disperse the photographs among various museum collections (see correspondence in the artist's file).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mina Turner
Accession Year: 1973
Object Number: P1973.7
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/11/2022 - 11/14/2022

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