2002.179: Merwin K. Hart

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.179

People

Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY)

Title

Merwin K. Hart

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1947

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/193499

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on cream wove paper

Dimensions

22.1 x 16.2 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.l., graphite: [encircled:] 3
• inscription: l.l., graphite: MELVIN [sic] K.
• inscription: l.l., red pencil: HART
• inscription: l.r., graphite: 3854 / 8LC/3 sets 2 col
• inscription: u.l. of verso, graphite: 21
• inscription: l.l. of verso, graphite: Z11OOe
• stamp: l.r. of verso, black ink and graphite, stamped and handwritten: [stamped:] Nov 17 1947 / [graphte:] pg. 21

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1989; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, Gift of Dolores S. Taller

Copyright

© Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

2002.179

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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