Harvard Art Museums > CW2001.810.8: Seventh Page of "The Hunger Artist" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seventh Page of "The Hunger Artist" (Christopher Wilmarth) , CW2001.810.8,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/100482. Identification and Creation Object Number CW2001.810.8 People Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY) Title Seventh Page of "The Hunger Artist" Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook page, drawing Date 1963 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/100482 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: SELECTED BY THE PUBLIC, / USUALLY BUTCHERS STRANGELY / ENOUGH, AND IT WAS THEIR / TASK TO WATCH THE HUNGER / ARTIST DAY AND NIGHT, THREE / OF THEM AT AT TIME IN CASE / HE SHOULD HAVE SOME SECRET / RECOURSE TO NOURISHMENT. / THIS WAS NOTHING BUT A / FORMALITY, INSTITUTED TO / REASSURE THE MASSES, FOR / THE INITIATES KNEW WELL / ENOUGH THAT DURING HIS / FAST THE ARTIST WOULD / NEVER IN ANY CIRCUM- / STANCES, NOT EVEN UNDER / FORCIBLE COMPULSION, / SWALLOW THE SMALLEST / MORSEL OF FOOD, THE / HONOR OF HIS PROFESSION / 7 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 CW2001.810.8 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description As of 04/25/02: 13/16 pages with drawings Subjects and Contexts Wilmarth Related Works CW2001.810.1-16 Christopher Wilmarth Bound book, (W123.1-18), The Hunger Artist Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
