Harvard Art Museums > 2001.160.65: Partial Nemi Landscape; Figure Climbing onto Bed?; verso: Tree Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Partial Nemi Landscape; Figure Climbing onto Bed?; verso: Tree (Sanford Robinson Gifford) , 2001.160.65,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146685. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.160.65 People Sanford Robinson Gifford, American (Greenfield, NY 1823 - 1880 New York, NY) Title Partial Nemi Landscape; Figure Climbing onto Bed?; verso: Tree Classification Drawings Work Type drawing, sketchbook page Date 1856 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/146685 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite and brown wash Dimensions 8.8 x 14.6 cm (3 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Oct 6 [1856], lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: Nemi Oct 6 inscription: [Oct] 6 [1856], l.l. of verso, graphite, in artist's hand: 6th Provenance Recorded Ownership History By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sanford Gifford Accession Year 2001 Object Number 2001.160.65 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@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 Partial landscape on recto and tree on verso are drawn upside down from orientation of sketchbook. Figure on recto is drawn with vertical orientation. Publication History Ila Weiss, Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford, University of Delaware Press (Newark, DE, 1987), p. 194; repr. in b/w p. 195 Related Works 2001.160.1-68 Sanford Robinson Gifford Sketchbook: Italy 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 European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
