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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.94
People
Pavel Tchelitchew, American (Kaluga district, Russia 1898 - 1957 Grotta Ferrata, Italy)
Title
Head of a Man (Study for "Tree of Life"?)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1948
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308939

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray wash on off-white wove paper, mounted on off-white wove paper and cardboard
Dimensions
35.9 x 25.5 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
cardboard mount: 41.3 x 34.6 cm (16 1/4 x 13 5/8 in.)
paper mount: 42 x 33.9 cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: P. Tchelitchew 48

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin A. Mitchell
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.94
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Seymour Simmons, III and Mark S. A. Winer, Drawing: the Creative Process, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977), reproduced in b/w p. 253, fig. 9.14

Verification Level

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