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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.727
People
William Orpen, British (Dublin, Ireland 1878 - 1931 London, England)
Title
Portrait of George Moore
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1925
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297884

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, with stumping, and touches of yellow chalk(?) on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 37.5 x 27.7 cm (14 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower left: ORPEN
  • inscription: graphite, lower left corner: 33; left edge: Study for portrait / of George Moore / 14 14 0

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1919, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.727
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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