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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.5
People
Walter De Maria, American (Albany, California 1935 - 2013 Los Angeles, CA)
Title
Garbo, Melville, Boquet, Chair (Drawing for Four Sculptures)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1968
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182457

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower right corner, graphite, in artist's hand: DRAWING OF
    4 SCULPTURES FOR
    NICOLAS WILDER FOR DICK BELLAMY
  • inscription: verso, center, black ink, pen, in artist's hand: Melville / Boquet / Garbo / Chair [in artist's hand?]
  • inscription: verso, center, black ink, pen, in artist's hand: Walter de Maria / 1968 [not sure if in the artist's hand]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Walter De Maria Archives
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.5
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Drawings from the 1960s: Bochner, Le Va, de Maria, Sonnier and Tuttle, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, 11/10/1999 - 12/04/1999
  • Nominally Figured: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2006 - 02/25/2007

Verification Level

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