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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.148
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Calling
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1976
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174483

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, graphite wash , and staples on layered translucent vellum paper
Dimensions
sight: 55.9 x 73.7 cm (22 x 29 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Wilmarth 76
  • inscription: verso of backing board of frame, l.l. corner, graphite: W 209
  • label: verso of backing board of frame, l.r., paper, typed: W209 /
    Christopher Wilmarth /
    Calling 1976
  • stamp: verso of backing board on descriptive label, l.r., back ink: CMW
  • inscription: verso of backing board of frame, u.r., graphite: WILMARTH /
    CALLING 1976
  • stamp: verso of backing board, u.r., black ink, stamped and handwritten: ARTIST © Copright--Chris Wilmarth--1976 / [text after © on is underlined]
    TITLE CALLING DATE 76 /
    MATERIAL GRAPHITE /
    DIMENSION /
    LOCATION /
    PRICE

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], 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.148
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edward Saywell, Christopher Wilmarth: Drawing into Sculpture, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), checklist no. 42 and pp. 22-23, repr. color p. 69

Exhibition History

  • Christopher Wilmarth: Drawing into Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/2003 - 06/29/2003

Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

Verification Level

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