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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.97.48
People
Jean Charlot, American (Paris, France 1898 - 1979 Honolulu, Hawaii)
Title
Walkie-Talkie, for a Mural, Journalism Building, University of Georgia, Athens
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1943 - 1944
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311011

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 48.4 x 31.5 cm (19 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r.c., graphite: J14
  • stamp: verso, l.l.c., ink, stamped: [Museo] Nacional de / [Archaeologia] e Historia / [ ]n. 218 -- Mexico, D. F. / Jun 9 1947 / Direccion de Monumentos / Coloniales y de la Republica
  • label: verso, l.l.c., paper, handwritten: 48

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean Charlot, Honolulu, Hawaii, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jean Charlot
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.97.48
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at all corners. Red watercolor wash spattered on surface (apparently accidentally?). Old adhesive at upper edge of verso has soaked through to recto.

Publication History

  • Jean Charlot, Charlot Murals in Georgia, The University of Georgia Press (Athens, GA, 1945), left third reproduced in b/w pl. 175

Verification Level

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