1969.37: Stele of Aristion, after Aristokles

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1969.37

People

Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)

Title

Stele of Aristion, after Aristokles

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Grave Monument of Aristion

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308977

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

78 x 20.1 cm (30 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, u.r.: JOSEPH LINDON SMITH
• inscription: l.r., in image, graphite, in artist's hand: [API]STOFLIOS
• label: backing board (encapsulated), paper: W. J. GARDNER / COMPANY / PICTURES / FRAMES / 298 BOYLSTON [STREET] / BOSTON MA[SS]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edward W. Forbes

Accession Year

1969

Object Number

1969.37

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edward Waldo Forbes, History of the Fogg Art Museum, Unpublished (1956), vol. I, pp. 66-67
• Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 51, 60, 109, cat. 58
• Harvard Art Museum, Harvard Art Museum Annual Report, ed. Thomas W. Lentz (Cambridge, 2007-2008), ill. p. 93

Exhibition History

• Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977

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