2003.138: Frieda Lawrence

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.138

People

Alfonso Ossorio, American (Manila, The Philippines 1916 - 1990 East Hampton, NY)

Title

Frieda Lawrence

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1941

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/70479

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and red ink, and watercolor on cream wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 55.2 x 75.8 cm (21 3/4 x 29 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., black ink: AO [monogram] / 28 / IX / 41 / San Cris- / tobal / N. / M.
• inscription: along right edge, black and brown ink, inscribed, in artist's hand: F R I E D A L A W R E N C E

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edward F. Dragon, gift; to Frederic Ossorio, Boulder, Colorado, 1993, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederic and Siena Ossorio

Copyright

© Robert U. Ossorio Foundation

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.138

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Bernard Harper Friedman, Alfonso Ossorio, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1972), p., 21, 25, 28; plate 8 repr. p. 23
• Klaus Kertess, Alfonso Ossorio Drawings, 1940-48: The Anatomy of a Surrealist Sensibility, brochure, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1992), checklist, n.p.

Exhibition History

• Alfonso Ossorio Drawings, 1940-48: The Anatomy of a Surrealist Sensibility, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 09/24/1992 - 11/29/1992

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