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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.127
People
Jack Levine, American (Boston, MA 1915-2010 New York, NY)
Title
Ruth Gikow (1915 - 1982)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1948
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308790

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 27.8 x 21.1 cm (10 15/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: J Levine '48

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Downtown Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Copyright
© Jack Levine Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.127
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. 204
  • Frank Getlein, Jack Levine, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1966), reproduced, pl. 31

Exhibition History

  • Golden Years of American Drawings 1950 - 1956, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 01/22/1957 - 03/19/1957
  • 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: Drawings by its Faculty, Visiting Artists, and Alumni, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 08/06/1970 - 09/26/1970; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 10/20/1970 - 11/29/1970

Verification Level

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