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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.441
People
Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
Title
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1961)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1943
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309788

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash with corrections in white on off-white cardboard
Dimensions
actual: 36.6 x 50.2 cm (14 7/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.:HIRSCHFELD
  • stamp: verso, black ink, printed: BAINBRIDGE / BOARD / NUMBER 80 MARK / 22 X 30 OR 30 X 40 / SINGLE OR DOUBLE / THICK / WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY SIZE AND THICKNESS
  • inscription: l.r., black ink: CREDIT / NY TIMES
  • inscription: l.r., blue crayon: (DROP-OUT WHITES) / combination
  • stamp: u.r., red ink: APR 18 1943
  • stamp: u.r., red ink: RECEIVED / APR 12 1943 / ART DEPT. FILES
  • stamp: u.r., blue ink: 0850
  • inscription: verso, graphite: I #489
  • stamp: verso, red ink, stamped: BOOK / REVIEW

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Al Hirschfeld, New York, New York; through [Margo Feiden Galleries, New York, New York], sold; to [Seiden and de Cuevas Inc.],1981, sold; to Harvard Theatre Collection, Cambridge Massachusetts, transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Collection
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.441
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • [Review of Sinclair Lewis's "Gideon Planish"], The New York Times Book Review, New York Times (New York, NY, April 18, 1943), repr. on cover

Verification Level

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