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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.150.5
People
Arthur Everett Austin, American (Brookline, MA 1900 - 1957 Hartford, CT)
Title
Partial Black Figure, after Fresco at Chichen Itza, Mexico
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1920
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308332

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on off-white cardboard
Dimensions
actual: 30.6 x 20.4 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: backing board, paper, printed: J. F. OLSSON & CO. / Art Dealers / CAMBRIDGE, MASS. / [with design of shield with helmet, trees, Viking ship]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.150.5
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Drawing is glazed, with edges sealed with a decorative gold tape, for a makeshift frame.

Verification Level

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