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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.21
People
Earl Kerkam, American (Washington DC 1890 - 1965 New York NY)
Title
Head
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Face (small)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305772

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and ochre crayon on dark cream wove paper, darkened
Dimensions
37 x 53 cm (14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Kerkam

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1958, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 83, p. 378

Verification Level

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