1972.20: Long Island

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.20

People

Preston Dickinson, American (New York NY 1891 - 1930 Catalonia, Spain)

Title

Long Island

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310452

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon with graphite and blue and green crayon on cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 27.5 x 34.7 cm (10 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: verso, black ink, stamped: [D?].B.W. [in square]
• inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: Preston Dickinson-- Long Island
• label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, blue ink, printed and hand written on paper: [printed in black:] size [hand written in blue ink:] 10x
• exhibition label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper: No. 605.1950

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1950, partial gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell and purchase, Louise Haskell Daly and Francis H. Burr Funds

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.20

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 29, pp. 312, 374

Exhibition History

• Boston Businessman's Show, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 09/30/1950 - 10/29/1950

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