2002.78: Second Gnomon

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.78

People

Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)

Title

Second Gnomon

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1975-1976

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175332

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on layered cream wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 73.8 x 57.2 cm (29 1/16 x 22 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso of frame backing board, center bottom, red ink: 19532-4
• inscription: verso of backing board, l.r., red ink: 89.231
• gallery label: verso of backing board, u.r., paper, printed and typed: Sidney Janis Gallery /
  110 West 57th Street New York 10019 /
  Christopher WILMARTH Second Gnomon [underlined] 1975-76 /
  #19839 watercolor, graphite /
  W.202 on paper /
  19-1/8 x 13-1/2 inches /
  48.6 x 34.3 cm.
  
• inscription: on envelope on verso of backing board, taped to center top, paper: Envelope with following inscription: HARDWARE [in black ink]/ Second Gnomon / [in blue ink] / W202 [in blue ink]
• label: verso of backing board, u.r., paper, printed and handwritten: Marshall Fine Arts, Ltd.
  11 GRANDVIEW STREET
  HUNTINGTON, NY 11743
  516-673-9614
  CALIFORNIA OFFICE: 415-467-3628
  TO: Sidney Janis Gallery
  110 W. 57th St.
  NYC
  Christopher Wilmarth
  Second Gnomon W202 1975-76
  W/C & graphite 29 1/8" x 22 1/2"
  
  

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], 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund

Copyright

© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

2002.78

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Laura Rosenstock, Christopher Wilmarth, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1989), no cat. no., p. 49, repr. pl. 21. color

Exhibition History

• Christopher Wilmarth: Drawing into Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 05/25/1989 - 08/22/1989

Subjects and Contexts

• Wilmarth

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