Harvard Art Museums > 1969.80: Landscape Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscape (Dorothy Coulter) , 1969.80,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/308990. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1969.80 People Dorothy Coulter, American (Niagara Falls NY 1908-1980) Title Landscape Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1965 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308990 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper prepared with tan watercolor Dimensions actual: 35 x 21.3 cm (13 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.l.: Dorothy Coulter inscription: verso, graphite: Prismatic Pencil inscription: verso, brown ink: "The life of the people (Spanish-Americans / of northern New Mexico) wrung from an / arid soil dependent upon wind and / chance, is overcast by a somber / fatalism. The reach of the peaks and / the stretch of the plateaus overshadow / one's small life; yet life [next word underscored:] itself lifts / against them to sing its small song-- / and vanish." / Alice Corbin Henderson / in "Brothers of Light" a book / about our Penitentes. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Anonymous donor, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift Accession Year 1969 Object Number 1969.80 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
