Study for "Jimmy with Lamp" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1993.22
People: Fairfield Porter, American (Winnetka IL 1907 - 1975 Southampton, NY)
Title: Study for "Jimmy with Lamp"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1971
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310092

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 40 x 27.5 cm (15 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

stamp: back of frame, black ink: 3027
label: backing, paper, printed
label: backing, paper: M326
label: backing, paper
label: backing, paper, typewritten: Fairfield Porter / Sketch for Portrait of James Schuyler / 1971 / patel on pape / 16" x 11 1/4" / HK #2350
label: backing, paper, printed: APG 5270

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Hirschl & Adler Modern Gallery, New York, New York]. [G. W. Einstein, Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year: 1993
Object Number: 1993.22
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

John Spike, Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1992), repr. p. 240

Verification Level

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