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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.83
People
Jack Levine, American (Boston, MA 1915-2010 New York, NY)
Title
Boy's Head in Profile with Geometric Symmetry
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306876

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Drawing by Jack Levine / First drawing from life. / Geometric symmetry / proposed by Denman W. Ross / Gift to the Study Series / by him (Dr. Ross's handwriting / on cardboard backing / when this was framed)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Copyright
© Jack Levine Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.83
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lois McArdle, Portrait Drawing, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984), reproduced fig. 8-12

Exhibition History

  • Born in Boston, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, 02/18/1979 - 04/22/1979

Verification Level

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