1935.33: Structure

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1935.33

People

Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)

Title

Structure

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

mural painting

Date

c. 1934-1935

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231128

Physical Descriptions

Medium

True fresco

Technique

Fresco painting

Dimensions

365.8 x 304.8 cm (144 x 120 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lewis W. Rubenstein, commissioned; by Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Commissioned through the Louise E. Bettens Fund

Accession Year

1935

Object Number

1935.33

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Francesca Bewer, A Laboratory for Art: Harvard's Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900-1950, Harvard Art Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA, 2010), p. 207, fig. 4.31
• Louise Orsini, "The Technical Analysis and Treatment of Hunger March by Lewis Rubenstein and Rico Lebrun" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2010), Unpublished, pp. 1-59 passim
• Teri Hensick, Tony Sigel, Henry Lie, Narayan Khandekar, Kate Smith, Francesca Bewer, Angela Chang, Louise Orsini, and Erin Mysak, Protection and Relocation of Frescoes During Construction at the Harvard Art Museum, Subliming Surfaces: Volatile Binding Media in Heritage Conservation, ed. Christina Rozeik, University of Cambridge Museums (https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.41335, 2018), Pages 141-152, Figure 4, Page 143; Figure 6, Page 144

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