1981.4: Aeneas as the Sailor Poet

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1981.4

People

Fred Thomas Martin, American (San Francisco CA born 1927)

Title

Aeneas as the Sailor Poet

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1964

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309134

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Collage with watercolor, distemper, graphite and paper on brown wove paper

Technique

Collage

Dimensions

actual: 45.1 x 45 cm (17 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper edge, graphite: DEPARTURE: THE CLASSIC PORT: FROM CLAUDE G.
• gallery label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: Stock no. 316M
• inscription: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, graphite, handwritten: 26017 / QUAY / GALLERY
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: 123

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Royal Marks Gallery, New York, New York]. [Quay Gallery], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund for Drawings

Accession Year

1981

Object Number

1981.4

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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