1991.474.B: Envelope from R. Osborn to Jean & Sandra Davidson

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.474.B

People

Robert Osborn, North American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1904 - 1994 Salisbury, Connecticut)

Title

Envelope from R. Osborn to Jean & Sandra Davidson

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1978

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310576

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on orange wove paper with postage stamp

Dimensions

actual: 10.5 x 24 cm (4 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: black ink, in artist's hand: Osborn. Salisbury, CT 06068 / The Davidsons / 19 Longfellow Road / Cambridge, Mass. 02138
• inscription: On verso in blue crayon: no / rush to reply
• inscription: on verso in graphite and black ink: paper pads / salt / pepper / butter / ajax / string / a.) plastic bags / b.) cotton

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Richard B. Bailey, Boston, Massachusetts and Nanette C. Sexton, Boston Massachusetts, by descent through family, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard B. Bailey and Nanette C. Sexton in memory of Professor Frederick Deknatel

Copyright

© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1991

Object Number

1991.474.B

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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