CW2001.810.2: First Page of "The Hunger Artist"
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- CW2001.810.2
- People
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Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
- Title
- First Page of "The Hunger Artist"
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- sketchbook page, drawing
- Date
- 1963
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/100312
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 31.8 x 24 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: across recto of sheet, graphite: DURING THESE LAST / DECADES THE INTEREST / IN PROFESSIONAL FASTING / HAS MARKEDLY DIMINI- / ISHED. IT USED TO PAY / VERY WELL TO STAGE / SUCH GREAT PERFORMAN- / CES UNDER ONES OWN / MANAGEMENT, BUT TODAY / THAT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE. / WE LIVE IN A DIFFER- / ENT WORLD NOW. AT / ONE TIME THE WHOLE / TOWN TOOK A LIVELY / INTEREST IN THE HUNGER / 1
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Christopher Wilmarth Archive, Gift of Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau
- Copyright
- © Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- CW2001.810.2
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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As of 04/25/02:
13/16 pages with drawings
Subjects and Contexts
- Wilmarth
Related Works
Verification Level
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