Bivouac | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1953.43
People: Mitchell Siporin, American (New York, New York 1910 - 1976 Newton, Massachusetts)
Title: Bivouac
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1946
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308334

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 57.3 x 78.9 cm (22 9/16 x 31 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r.: Mitchell Siporin '46
label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: No. 91 [two identical labels]
exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: no. 34

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Edith Gregor Halpert, The Downtown Gallery, New York, New York], gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1953.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith Gregor Halpert
Accession Year: 1953
Object Number: 1953.43
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Unidentified Exhibition, Boris Mirski Gallery, 1952, Boris Mirski Gallery, 01/01/1952 - 01/31/1952
Unidentified Exhibition, De Cordova Museum, 1955, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, 01/23/1955 - 02/24/1955
Mitchell Siporin: A Retrospective, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, 05/11/1976 - 06/30/1976

Verification Level

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