2003.40.1: Untitled

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.40.1

People

Jules Olitski, American (Snovsk, Ukraine 1922 - 2007 New York, NY)

Title

Untitled

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1965

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/98826

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Sprayed paint (acrylic?) and pastel on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

76.5 x 57 cm (30 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., graphite: Jules Olitski 1965
• inscription: verso, upper right quadrant, black crayon: An arrow with "top" indicates the picture orientation. Inscribed: "Jules Olitski / 1965 / painting on paper / Shaftsbury / Vermont / U.S.A."
• label: formerly back of frame, printed: SHOULD ANY DAMAGE OCCUR TO THIS PIECE OF ART, PLEASE / NOTIFY / Mrs. Nancy P. Kefauver / Advisor on Fine Arts / Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Administration / Department of State / Washington, D.C. / DO NOT REPAIR, DO NOT SHIP UNTIL INSTRUCTIONS ARE RE- / CEIVED.
• label: formerly back of frame, printed and typed: NUMBER 1120 / TITLE Untitled / ARTIST Jules Olitski / LENDER Jules Olitski / Shaftsbury, Vermont / Mrs. Nancy P. Kefauver / Advisor on Fine Arts / Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Administration / Department of State / Washington, D.C.
• gallery label: formerly back of frame, printed and typed: ICA Institute of Contemporary Art 100 Newbury St., Boston, Mass. 02116 / "ART FOR U.S. EMBASSIES" February 5-27, 1966 / an Exhibition assembled by I.C.A., Boston / (loans from 38 new England artists to the / State Dept's "The Art in the Embassies" program) / JULES OLITSKI / Born in Gomel, Russia, 1922 / Lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont / Poindexter Gallery, New York / 29. Untitled. 1965 mixed media on paper.
• gallery label: formerly back of frame, printed and typed: AE ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY INC. 41 EAST 57 / JULES OLITSKI / Untitled / Mixed media on paper: 30" x 22 1/8" / 1965

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Harold and Mary Gershinowitz, New York, New York, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museum, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mary Gershinowitz

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.40.1

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Art for U.S. Embassies: An Exhibition of Loans from New England Artists assembled by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (Boston, MA, 1966), cat. 29, ill.

Exhibition History

• Art for U.S. Embassies: An Exhibition of Loans from New England Artists assembled by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 02/05/1966 - 02/27/1966

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