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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.17.19
People
Leonard Baskin, American (New Brunswick NJ 1922 - 2000 Northampton, MA)
Title
Two Designs with an Ant, for Fogg Art Museum Letterhead
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1953 - 1956
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309214

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on ivory laid paper, with text on applied sheet
Dimensions
folded: 29.6 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
actual: 29.6 x 43 cm (11 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: [design of hammer and anvil] PS [in script]; [ ] Handmade[around oval with design of four hands clasped]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Leonard Baskin, 1956, sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Fogg Art Museum Archives
Copyright
© Leonard Baskin Estate, Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.17.19
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Applied sheet is off-white wove paper with printed text: FOGG ART MUSEUM. May have been cut off a sheet of letterhead?

Verification Level

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