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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.461
People
Simkha Simkhovitch, American (Petrograd, Russia 1893 - 1949 Milford CT)
Title
Head Mounted on a Pedestal
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Sculpture
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308835

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache on white wove notebook paper
Dimensions
8.9 x 7.8 cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red gouache, l.r.:
  • inscription: verso, ink, Russian, signed, in artist's hand: [transliteration:] No. 49 / [crossed out:] Eskiz [=sketch] / "Sculptura" / (akvarelle) / eskiz / razm [=size] 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 cent. / S. Sim
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: illegible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), by 1928, 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
1965.461
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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