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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.50
People
Bessie Harvey, American (Dallas, GA 1929-1994 Alcoa, TN)
Title
Figure with Headdress
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1986
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337436

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1330, Modern and Contemporary Art, New Images
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychrome and mixed media, found wood, paint
Dimensions
47 x 26.5 x 21.6 cm (18 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Bessie Harvey

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bessie Harvey, created 1986, sold; [through Ethnographic Arts, Inc., New York, NY], to Didi and David Barrett, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.50
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1330 Mid-Century Figurative, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • ReFrame

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