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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.154
People
Marsden Hartley, American (Lewiston, ME 1877 - 1943 Ellsworth, ME)
Title
Still Life
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1927
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/172461

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 61.9 × 47.6 cm (24 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.)
mat: 76.2 × 61 cm (30 × 24 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Marsden Hartley / 27
  • label: old backing, encapsulated on verso, paper, stamped and typed: WASHBURN GALLERY / 41 EAST 57th STREET / NEW YORK, NY 10022 [typed:] #8183 / [stamped:] ARTIST: [typed:] MARSDEN HARTLEY / [stamped:] TITLE: [typed:] Still Life, 1927 / [stamped:] MEDIUM [typed:] Pencil on paper / [stamped:] SIZE [typed:] 23 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
  • stamp: old backing, encapsulated on verso, black ink, stamped: MARSDEN HARTLEY / c/o ALFRED STIEGLITZ / 489 PARK AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY
  • label: old backing, encapsulated on verso, paper, typed: "Still Life" / by MARSDEN HARTLEY / Owned by James Harithas
  • label: verso, paper, printed and typed: [printed:] MARTHA PARRISH & JAMES REINISH, INC. / 25 EAST 73 STREET NEW YORK, NY 10021 / [typed:] PR1415A / MARSDEN HARTLEY / [underlined:] Still Life, 1927 / pencil on paper / 23 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches / signed and dated lower right "Marsden / Hartley/27"
  • label: old backing, encapsulated on verso, paper, printed and typed: [printed in red:] FELIX LANDAU GALLERY / [printed in black:] 702 N. La Cienega / [Lo]s Angeles 46, California / OLympia 2 - 1444; [typed:] Marsden Hartley / "Still Life" / pencil 23 1/4 x 18 1/2 /1927
  • inscription: old backing, encapsulated on verso, black crayon, handwritten: Rainford 112
  • inscription: old backing, encapsulated on verso, blue crayon, handwritten: 187; [crossed off:] 170
  • stamp: old backing, encapsulated on verso, red ink, stamp: 42280
  • inscription: old backing, encapsulated on verso, graphite, handwritten: [F]or a Vault
  • inscription: old backing, encapsulated on verso, graphite, handwritten: [ ] 76
  • inscription: old backing, encapsulated on verso, black ink, handwritten: N X 4 [written twice]
  • stamp: backing board, black ink and graphite, stamped and handwritten: FINE ARTS FRAMERS, INC. / 4022 N. 18TH Road / Arlington, Va 22207 / 703-243-5208 / [graphite:] 10/24/90

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Intimate Gallery, New York, New York]. Possibly [Stieglitz 291 Gallery, New York, New York]. [Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California], sold; to James Harithas*, late-1960s or early-1970s, sold; to [Washburn Gallery, New York, New York], 1980s; sold; to Aaron I. Fleischman, New York and Washington, DC, 1988, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

NOTE: Mr. Harithas is unsure of the dates of acquisition and sale, see the curatorial file for a copy of his letter.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Aaron I. Fleischman, LL.B. 1963
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.154
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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