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Identification and Creation

Object Number
CW2001.810.6
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Fifth Page of "The Hunger Artist"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1963
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/100442

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
  • inscription: across recto of page, graphite: ON A SEAT BUT DOWN AMONG / STRAW ON THE GROUND, / SOMETIMES GIVING A COURT- / EOUS NOD, ANSWERING QUES / TIONS WITH A CONSTRAINED / SMILE, OR PERHAPS STRETCH- / ING AN ARM THROUGH THE / BARS SO THAT ONE MIGHT / FEEL HOW THIN IT WAS, / AND THEN AGAIN WITHDRAW- / ING DEEP WITHIN HIMSELF, PAY- / ING NO ATTENTION TO ANYONE / OR ANYTHING, NOT EVEN / TO THE ALL IMPORTNAT / STRIKING OF THE CLOCK / THAT WAS THE ONNLY PIECE / OF FURNITURE IN HIS CAGE, / BUT MERELY STARING / INTO VACANCY WITH / 5

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
CW2001.810.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
As of 04/25/02:
13/16 pages with drawings

Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

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