A Tree | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.136
People: Helen Frankenthaler, American (New York NY 1928 - 2011 Darien, Connecticut)
Title: A Tree
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1957
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309119

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on thin white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 20 x 12.5 cm (7 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: lower center, black watercolor: 8/57 / Hf
inscription: verso, graphite: at Hofmanns back yard - /Provincetown, Aug. '57

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Tibor Nagy Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

NOTE: Provenance information from a letter from Daniel Bell to Seymour Slive, dated 6 November, 1977, in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Daniel Bell
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.136
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Karen Wilkin, Frankenthaler: Works on Paper 1949-1984, exh. cat., George Braziller (New York, 1984), fig. 2

Verification Level

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