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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.49
People
Lee Bontecou, American (Providence, Rhode Island 1931 - 2022 Cedar Key, Florida)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1970
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185889

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
73.7 x 58.6 cm (29 x 23 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Bontecou 1970

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector, Los Angeles, California. [Charles M. Young, Glastonbury, Connecticut], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.49
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth A. T. Smith and Donna De Salvo, Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and UCLA Hammer Museum (Chicago and Los Angeles, 2003), repr. color pl. 97, p. 98 [also repr. color p. 229 within the checklist]
  • Karen Wright, "(Re)Birth of a Star: Lee Bontecou is Back with a Bang", Modern Painters (Summer 2004), pp. 66-71, ill. p. 71

Exhibition History

  • Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 10/05/2003 - 01/11/2004; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, 02/14/2004 - 05/30/2004; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 07/28/2004 - 09/27/2004

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