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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.15
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Lobster on a Plate
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Still Life with Lobster
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1919(?)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, brown and black ink, with touches of white chalk on dark gray wove paper
Dimensions
26.4 x 38.5 cm (10 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., brown ink: Rd. St. A.R.A.
  • label: formerly back of frame, printed: AGNEW'S / Walter Sickert (1860-1942) / Still Life with Lobster / Pencil and Ink / 25 x 37 cm / STOCK NO DB6265 / FINE ART DEALERS / 43 OLD BOND STREET LONDON W15 4BA / TEL 020-7250 - FAX 020-7629 4359
  • label: removed from backing: Martinspeed Limited / 7 Glasshouse Walk , SE11 / 020-7735 0566 / Ref. 1062/05 / "Lobster" / Harvard University / Ex-Martin Bros Ltd / 7/7/05

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, 8 October 1985, lot 38]. [Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 1988]. Joseph and Ruth Bromberg. [Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2002, lot 32, repr.]. [Agnew's, London, 2004]. Patricia Cornwell, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), no. 507.1, repr.

Verification Level

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