2009.90.16: Dejection, Study for "Dawn, Camden Town"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.90.16

People

Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)

Title

Dejection, Study for "Dawn, Camden Town"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1909

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/12886

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk and graphite on blue wove paper, faded to tan

Dimensions

38.5 x 25.3 cm (15 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper left, graphite: 23 / 23[?]
• label: formerly back of frame, printed and inscribed: [printed:] FROM / ABBOTT & HOLDER 30 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH / [inscribed in black ink:] Seen by Wendy Baron 12/3/01 / Study for 'Dawn in Camden Town' / (or) 'Summer in Naples'. 1909. / Another similar study entitled 'Despair' in the Tate.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Abbott & Holder Ltd., London]. 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

2009.90.16

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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