1942.278: Rolling Steer

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1942.278

People

Rico Lebrun, American (Naples, Italy 1900 - 1964 Malibu, CA)

Title

Rolling Steer

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1941

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/307857

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and brown chalk on gray wove paper mounted to cardboard

Dimensions

mount: 49.1 x 65.6 cm (19 5/16 x 25 13/16 in.)
actual: 48.3 x 64.8 cm (19 x 25 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: Lebrun / 1941
• blind stamp: STRATHMORE / ARTIST [with thistle design]
• label: back of mount, paper and black ink, handwritten: "Rolling Steer" / Rico Lebrun / Santa Barbara / Price $[ ] [cut off at edge of board]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Arthur Sachs, Santa Barbara, California, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs, Esquire, class of 1901

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.278

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Rico Lebrun, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, 1967), no. 66, p. 45 (checklist)

Exhibition History

• Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/05/1967 - 01/14/1968; Museo Nacional de San Carlos, INBA, Mexico City, 02/15/1968 - 03/15/1968; University of Arizona, Tucson, 04/15/1968 - 05/16/1968; University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, 06/17/1968 - 07/29/1968; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 08/29/1968 - 10/06/1968; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, 02/15/1969 - 03/15/1969; Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 11/02/1969 - 12/15/1969

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