M25787: Jazz Musicians #3

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25787

People

Peter Grippe, American (1912 - 2002)

Title

Jazz Musicians #3

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1946

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/119021

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 37.7 x 44.4 cm (14 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Peter Grippe
• inscription: yes, lower margin below platemark, left, center, and right, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: Jazz Musicians #3 1946 [written over an erased date, apparently also "1946"] 3/7 3/7 Peter Grippe
• inscription: verso, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: artist's name and address, and title of work
• inscription: verso, graphite, hand written: 17 1/2 x 15 [mat dimensions?]
• stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: GI[?including digits?] ...IZIONE DOGANALE DI ROMA [custom's stamp: circular stamp centered with a wreath and device and surrounded by a typographic inscription]
• inscription: verso, graphite, hand written: 4600

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Peter Grippe, Orient, New York, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 19, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of members of the Collections Subcommittee for Prints, David Becker, Margaret Carroll, Walter Klein and the Bunge North America Foundation, Julian Edison and Robert Wheaton in honor of James Cuno

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

M25787

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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