Inventor | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1965.107
People: Paul Cadmus, American (New York NY 1904 - 1999 Weston CT)
Title: Inventor
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308726

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk, white gouache and black ink on brown wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 32.7 x 25.8 cm (12 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: white crayon, u.l.: Cadmus
inscription: u.l., white crayon, in artist's hand: T[ ] Ad [ ] [examination in Conservation 9/97 did not help in interpreting this inscription]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Midtown Galleries, New York New York, sold to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091), Cambridge Massachusetts, by 1947, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: 1965.107
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Unidentified Exhibition, Cambridge Trust Company, 1951, Cambridge Trust Company, Cambridge, 03/26/1951 - 04/26/1951

Verification Level

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