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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1924.140
People
Oscar Edward Cesare, American (Linkoping, Sweden 1885 - 1948 Stamford, CT)
Title
Playing Against Time
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306161

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 57.2 x 36.5 cm (22 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: Cesare
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: Playing Against Time
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite: 6 1/4
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite: 8 proofs
  • stamp: lower margin, purple ink: POST ED [with two stars]
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite: Rush 8:45 tonight (N.Y. [Commercial?])

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Arthur H. Harlow & Co., New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1919, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1924.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
1924.140
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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