Harvard Art Museums > 2003.38: Somatide Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Somatide (Alfonso Ossorio) , 2003.38,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/95457. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.38 People Alfonso Ossorio, American (Manila, The Philippines 1916 - 1990 East Hampton, NY) Title Somatide Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1990 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/95457 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, black ink, fiber-tip ink, synthetic paint, wax and pastel (?) on white paperboard Technique Wax resist Dimensions 101.7 x 76.2 cm (40 1/16 x 30 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower center, black felt-tip ink: '90 AO [monogram] label: back of frame, paper and black ink, inscribed: T.S. Eliot. Burnt North. lines 66-67 / Except for the point, the still point, / There would be no dance. / And there is only the dance [in Frederic Ossorio's hand] gallery label: back of frame, paper and black ink, printed: Gilding & Custom Frames / Canvasback Gallery / 280 2nd Avenue P.O. Box 1102 / Niwot, Colorado 80544 303-652-2404 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Frederic E. Ossorio, Boulder, Colorado, 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 2003.38 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Alfonso Ossorio Horror Vacui: Filling the Void--A Fifty Year Survey, exh. cat., Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York, NY, 2002), p. 11, color repr. p. 67, p. 68-69 (color detail) 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by Alfonso Ossorio" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, pp. 1-19 passim Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
