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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1971.82.A
People
Harry Edward Warren, American (Rochester NH 1882 - 1973)
Title
Details, Triangular Sections of Ceiling, Piccolimini Library, Duomo, Siena
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308919

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on off-white cardboard
Dimensions
actual: 18.1 x 35.7 cm (7 1/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: center section, graphite, in artist's hand: Study of four triangles / between ceiling penetrations / flat ceiling / 1/4 of flat ceiling is / detailed above. / Entrance / [sections marked: "red," "gold," "blue," "black"]
  • inscription: right section, graphite, in artist's hand: This / triangle shown / in center of elevation
  • inscription: mat, graphite, in artist's hand: 1 gold background
  • label: mat, paper, printed: 4; 1 [two labels, each with one digit]
  • inscription: mat, l.r., beside window, graphite, erased: 60 61

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harry Edward Warren, Bronxville, New York, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1971.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry E. Warren
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
1971.82.A
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Support is made up of seven irregularly-shaped pieces of cardboard all fit together. The four sections of the ceiling shown are numbered I to IV in Roman numerals.

Verification Level

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