Study for the Ninth Clearing | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.66
People: Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title: Study for the Ninth Clearing
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/174468

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel and black chalk on layered off-white wove paper

Dimensions

65.2 x 50.2 cm (25 11/16 x 19 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, l.r. corner, graphite: W 201 SWR
watermark: l.l.--check
stamp: verso, l.r. corner, black ink: CMW

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Christopher Wilmarth, by descent; to Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau, New York, New York, 1987, sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, through the [Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright: © Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: 2003.66
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Steven Henry Madoff and Nancy Milford, Christopher Wilmarth: Light and Gravity, Princeton University Press (Princeton, New Jersey and Oxford, England, 2004), pp. 45 , 46 and 48, repr. pl. 47, p. 46

Subjects and Contexts

Wilmarth

Verification Level

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2003.66: Study for the Ninth Clearing