M24219: Annunciation to the Shepherds
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M24219
- People
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Allan Rohan Crite, American (Plainfield NJ 1910 - 2007 Boston)
- Title
- Annunciation to the Shepherds
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1940
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/190962
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut on white wove paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- block: 10.1 x 75 cm (4 x 29 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: l.l in pencil: Annunciation to Sheperd
- inscription: l.r in pencil: Allan Crite 1940
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Allan Rohan Crite, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, September 20, 1999.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jakob Rosenberg Fund
- Copyright
- © Estate of Allan Rohan Crite
- Accession Year
- 1999
- Object Number
- M24219
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The woodcut is printed on a sheet of paper that has been folded in quarters, with the woodcut appearing on the front, as if the print were a greeting card. The print is inscribed in pencil "Card 2", which supports this idea. The paper, however, is not of good quality. On an inside edge it bears the printed legend: Warren's library text 25 x 38 - 80 lb. Its perforated edge indicates that the sheet may have been torn from a paper sample book.
- Commentary
- One of the outstanding Afro-American realists, Crite is known primarily for his portraits and genre scenes. During the 1930s and 1940s, Crite turned increasingly to religious subjects in a number of drawings and prints. Typical of Crite's religious works, this woodcut uses Afro-American figures in a scene evidently influenced by Italian Renaissance iconography. The woodcut is an excellent impression in both subject matter and format. It is a design for a holiday card.
Verification Level
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