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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25372
People
Roger Vieillard, French (Le Mans, France 1907 - 1989 Paris, France)
Title
Tower of Babel
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Tour de Babel
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1935
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/142121

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving with graphite
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 37.5 x 26.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: R Vieillard
  • inscription: lower left, below plate, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: Tour / de Babel
  • inscription: lower right, below plate, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: R Vieillard E 1 1935

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pearl K. and Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, October 15, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
early
Standard Reference Number
H. 21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Pearl K. and Daniel Bell
Copyright
© Roger Vieillard / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
M25372
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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