Caterpillar (Nature Study No. 1) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1965.147
People: Kurt Seligmann, American (Basel, Switzerland 1900 - 1962 New York, NY)
Title: Caterpillar (Nature Study No. 1)
Other Titles: Former Title: Nature Study I
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1952
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308743

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Green-black crayon and colored varnish on white wove Strathmore paper

Dimensions

73.5 x 59 cm (28 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: green-black crayon, l.r.c: K Seligmann 52
blind stamp: STRATHMORE [design of thistle] USE EITHER SIDE
inscription: u.r. of verso, graphite: #A - 2 1/2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Durlacher Bros., New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1953, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Copyright: © Kurt Seligmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 1965
Object Number: 1965.147
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 110
Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing [2nd ed.], Prentice-Hall Press (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977), fig. 9.7
Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing, Prentice-Hall Press (Englewood Cliffs, 1984), pl. 267; fig. 9.8
Stephan E. Hauser, Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962: Leben und Werk, exh. cat., Schwabe & Co. AG (Basel, Switzerland, 1997), p. 346, fig. 272 (color)

Exhibition History

Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962: Leben und Werk, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, 11/23/1997 - 02/15/1998
32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023

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1965.147: Caterpillar (Nature Study No. 1)