1971.90: Stained Glass Window, South Aisle, Cathedral, Le Mans

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1971.90

People

Harry Edward Warren, American (Rochester NH 1882 - 1973)

Title

Stained Glass Window, South Aisle, Cathedral, Le Mans

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1906

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308937

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 47.3 x 20.7 cm (18 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: H. E. Warren 1906
• inscription: l.l., in image, black ink, in artist's hand: Glass- S. Aisle- Le Mans- Cath'l
• label: verso of mat, paper, typewritten: LeMans Cathedral, Western France. Study of a window / in the south aisle. 13th century glass as evidenced by / sparce [sic] use of painting of physical features & folds of drapery. Noted for its deep reds increasing in area / from bottom upwards and blue increasing downward color / increase in intensity within the same piece. Often two / or three layers used to increase the intensity. 1906, / Harry E. Warren, 1st Holder Julia Amory Appleton Fellow- / Ship in Architecture of Harvard University

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

1971.90

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Support is made up of two sheets of paper glued together. Upper sheet, cut into a lunette shape, is c. 28.2 cm high (sight measurement); the lower sheet is c. 19.1 cm. (sight).

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