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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1962.172
People
Homer Calvin Davenport, American (Silverton OR 1867 - 1912 New York NY)
Title
Sketch of a Man Smoking a Cigarette
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308653

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white laid paper, mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
20.4 x 13.2 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
mount: 21.5 x 14.2 cm (8 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower edge: Homer Davenport
  • inscription: below image, graphite, in artist's hand: Yours / Homer Davenport

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sallie Joy White, Boston, MA. Per inscription on drawing folder transferred from Radcliffe.
Radcliffe College [Sallie Joy White papers] Women's Archive, Cambridge MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Women's Archives, Radcliffe College
Accession Year
1962
Object Number
1962.172
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Drawn on Reform Club letterhead; printed in red at top of sheet: REFORM CLUB / 233 FIFTH AVENUE. Sheet is torn at the left edge; originally part of a larger sheet.

Verification Level

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