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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.159
People
Augustus Vincent Tack, American (Pittsburgh, PA 1870 - 1949 New York, NY)
Title
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1941
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311457

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
120 x 84.5 cm (47 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Augustus Vincent Tack, Signed Date: 1941

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased from the artist by Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1942; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.159
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Augustus Vincent Tack, 1870-1949, exh. cat., American Studies Group, the Hilson Gallery, Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA, 1968), p. 37, reproduced b/w p. 17

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Artist's Studio, 1942, [Artist's studio], Washington, 02/14/1942 - 02/14/1942
  • American Paintings and Watercolors, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 03/15/1942 - 03/31/1942

Verification Level

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