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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.91
People
Ludwig Bemelmans, American (Meran, Austria 1898 - 1962 New York, NY)
Title
Cat Walking on Chianti Bottles, for "Father, Dear Father"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1953
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308938

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and white gouache on darkened off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 21.6 x 28 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: LB
  • inscription: lower edge of verso, graphite: 16932-43
  • inscription: u.r., blue ball-point pen: F. d. F
  • inscription: l.r. of verso, graphite: FDF

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Austin Avery Mitchell, New York, New York; bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin Avery Mitchell
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.91
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ludwig Bemelmans, Father, Dear Father, Viking Press (New York, NY, 1953), reproduced in b/w p. 148

Verification Level

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