1992.279: Female Nude from Behind

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1992.279

People

Oscar Fehrer, American (Brooklyn, NY 1872 - 1958 New York, NY)

Title

Female Nude from Behind

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Study of a Female Nude, from Behind, Facing Right

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309885

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on cream laid paper

Dimensions

62.5 x 47.3 cm (24 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Oscar Fehrer, painted, 1889; to his daughters at his death?, 1958.
Catherine and Elizabeth Fehrer, from their father, the artist, at his death?, 1958, gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Elizabeth and Catherine Fehrer

Accession Year

1992

Object Number

1992.279

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums Gallery Series, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1994), no. 12, checklist no. 26, p. 11

Exhibition History

• Robert Vonnoh, Oscar Fehrer, Eugene Higgins: Three Artists of Pleasant Valley, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, 06/01/1991 - 07/28/1991
• Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/1994 - 01/29/1995

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