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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.546
People
Hilla Rebay (Strassburg, Germany 1890 - 1967 Sunlife, New Hampshire)
Title
Composition #11
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1947-1948
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339743

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
27.9 x 34.6 cm (11 x 13 5/8 in.)
framed: 48.3 x 58.4 x 3.8 cm (19 x 23 x 1 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. in graphite: Rebay
  • inscription: On verso, u.c. (upsidedown) in graphite: M-6 FN107
  • inscription: On verso, l.r. in graphite: CS77
  • stamp: On verso, l.c. (upsidedown) in black ink: Douanes Francaises // PAR // BAT CK 2... (illegible) // A.T
  • label: Removed from verso of frame: Christie's Ref# FH975 Line# 6 Dept. CAP/CE
  • label: Removed from frame verso: 07 May 90 // SALE 7007 // LOT 45
  • label: Removed from frame verso: Sid Deutsch Gallery // 29 West 57th Street / New York, N.Y. 10019 / (212) 754-6660 // Artist Hilla Rebay CS77 // Title Composition No. 11 // Date N.D. Size 11"x13 5/8" Medium Watercolor
  • label: Removed from frame verso: Herbert B. Palmer and Company // 802 N. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069 (213) 854-0096 // Cable: PALART, Los Angeles Fax: (213) 659-8545 // HILAA REBAY // Composition #11, n.d. // Watercolor on paper. // 11 x 13 5/8" // INV. #4049 // 1/91 inv.
  • label: Removed from frame verso: GUGGENHEIM // The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York City 10028 // FN 707 // Hilla von Rebay // Composition No. 11. n.d. // Watercolor on paper // 11 x 13 5/8" // "Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York" // CS77

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hillay Rebay (1948-1967) bequest; to the estate of Hilla Rebay (1967-1971); The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1971-1985.); [Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, New York (1985-1990)] sold; to Herbert Palmer, New York, New York (1990-1991) gift; to Meredith Palmer, New York, New York (1991-2011) gift ; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meredith Palmer '73 in memory of Roger L. Carrick '73
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.546
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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