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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.21
People
Alfonso Ossorio, American (Manila, The Philippines 1916 - 1990 East Hampton, NY)
Title
Christ in Limbo
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Harrowing of Hell
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, black ink, and wax on white wove paper
Technique
Wax resist
Dimensions
28.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso: upper left, graphite, inscribed: 3 [encircled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Alfonso Ossorio, East Hampton, New York, sold; to Frederic Ossorio, Boulder, Colorado, 1964, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederic and Siena Ossorio
Copyright
© Robert U. Ossorio Foundation
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Scott Homolka, "Horror Vacui and the Process of Expression: A Technical Explanation of Drawings by Alfonso Ossorio" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, pp. 1-19 passim

Verification Level

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