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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1990.95
People
Joseph Glasco, American (Paul's Valley OK 1925 - 1996 Galveston, Texas)
Title
Head
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1954
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310703

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil and alkyd on board
Dimensions
actual: 101.9 x 76.1 cm (40 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: backing, brown marker?: L. Orswell / Pomfret Ctr / Conn / Joseph Glasco

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1955?, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1990.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
1990.95
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 45, fig. 121 (color), pp. 376, 381
  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 56

Exhibition History

  • [Benefit exhibition for the Boston Arts Festival], Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 05/08/1956 - 05/29/1956
  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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