2011.39.2: Declaration of Independence (1776 Series) two of three
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.39.2
- People
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R.K. Cook, American (Bay City, MI b.1892 Lansing, MI)
- Title
- Declaration of Independence (1776 Series) two of three
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, relief
- Date
- August 12, 1926
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/337517
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Carved and painted wood
- Dimensions
- 49.2 x 41.9 cm (19 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.r. incised and signed in gold paint: Cook; on verso incised: R. K. COOK
- inscription: on verso, in graphite: 643 1/2 hours 8-12 1926
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Miss Marjorie Cook; [Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI], sold; 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
- 2011.39.2
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Marsha MacDowell and C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan Folk Art: Its Beginnings to 1941, exh. cat., Michigan State University (East Lansing, 1976), p. 98 as cat. no. 207, repr. in b/w
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/2023 - 08/06/2024
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