CW2001.810.6: Fifth Page of "The Hunger Artist"
DrawingsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- CW2001.810.6
- People
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Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
- Title
- Fifth Page of "The Hunger Artist"
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- sketchbook page, drawing
- 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
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- 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
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
As of 04/25/02:
13/16 pages with drawings
Subjects and Contexts
- Wilmarth
Related Works
Verification Level
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