1964.154: Beach Scene

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1964.154

People

Leon Dabo, American (Detroit MI 1868 - 1960 New York NY)

Title

Beach Scene

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

Oct 9 1931

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308722

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon on cream tracing paper

Dimensions

35.2 x 43 cm (13 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
image: 25.5 x 30.4 cm (10 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, lower center: [monogram] / Leon dabo
• inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 10 - 12 / Oct 9 '31
• label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, typed and printed: [printed in red:] American Drawings / Paul Magriel Collection [with information about work]
• label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, printed: The Butler Institute of American Art / 524 Wick Avenue Youngstown 2, Ohio
• label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, printed, stamped and handwritten: [printed in black:] Kulicke Frames, Inc. / Showroom / 1007 Madison Avenue / Factory & Office / 508 E. 73 St. / New York 21, New York; [handwritten in graphite:] Paul Magrial 9777 / [stamped in black ink:] Fitted

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Paul Magriel. [R. M. Light & Co., Boston Massachusetts], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund (through Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rudkin)

Accession Year

1964

Object Number

1964.154

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/2017 - 11/16/2017

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