2007.234: Promise to Sarah I

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.234

People

Irving Petlin, American (Chicago, Illinois 1934 - 2018 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts)

Title

Promise to Sarah I

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1979

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/323545

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel on beige paper

Dimensions

sight: 77.4 x 57.5 cm (30 1/2 x 22 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., graphite: Petlin 79
• gallery label: Odyssia Gallery, New York: IRVING PETLIN / "Promise to Sarah I" / 1979 / pastel / 30 1/4 x 20 14/ inches
• gallery label: Odyssia Gallery, New York: Petlin / Irving / Promise to Sarah I / Pastel / 1979 h. 30 1/4" w. 20 1/4" / Sig. Lower Right
• gallery label: Kent Fine Art Inc., 41 East 57 Street, New York: PETLIN, IRVING / PROMISE TO SARAH I 1979 / PASTEL ON PAPER / 30 1/2 x 20 1/2 INCHES / CODE: PI 1641

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Possibly [Kent Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York]. Odyssia Skouras, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2007.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Odyssia Skouras

Copyright

© Estate of Irving Petlin

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.234

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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