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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.13
People
Edward Betts, American (Yonkers, NY 1920 - 2008)
Title
Northern Coast
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308649

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with scratchwork on glossy white wove paper
Dimensions
51 x 66.1 cm (20 1/16 x 26 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: incised, l.l.: Betts
  • inscription: old backing, now in curatorial file, graphite: #3
  • inscription: old backing, now in curatorial file, black felt-tip pen: "NORTHERN COAST" / CRAYON
  • inscription: back of old frame, black ink: [per conservator's note-- see curatorial file:] Midtown #935WAL
  • gallery label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: [blue ballpoint:] "Northern Coast" by Edward Betts

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Alan D. Gruskin, New York New York, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

NOTE: Gruskin was the director of the Midtown Galleries.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alan D. Gruskin of the Midtown Galleries
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.13
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Remnants of brown paper tape at edges of recto.

Verification Level

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