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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.38
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
Owl Yawning, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Three-Sided Question. Owl Yawning.
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1897
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306057

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 21.1 x 18.8 cm (8 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.38
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Oliver Herford, "A Three-Sided Question", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, June 1897), vol. XXIV, no. 8, reproduced in b/w p. 637

Verification Level

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