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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G9085
People
Allan Rohan Crite, American (Plainfield NJ 1910 - 2007 Boston)
Title
Via Dolorosa
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1940
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191012

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
plate: 39.8 x 30.6 cm (15 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 52.8 x 37 cm (20 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
design: 29.9 x 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l in plate: Via Dolorosa
  • inscription: l.r in plate: Allan Rohan Crite 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
artist's proof

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Allan Rohan Crite
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
G9085
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Crite has been a major chronicler of Boston life and architecture and is known especially for his genre scenes of his native Roxbury and South End Boston. During the 1930s and 1940s, Crite turned increasingly to religious subjects; this lithograph is an example of his interest in religious themes. Typical of Crite's religious works is his unusual combination of Afro-American figures with traditional iconography. This lithograph shows Christ making his way through a 'via Dolorosa' that cuts through one of Boston's minority neighborhoods.

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