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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.25
People
James Brooks, American (St. Louis, MO 1906 - 1992 Brookhaven, NY)
Title
Triptych
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1952
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191301

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on pressboard
Dimensions
226.39 x 305.79 cm (89 1/8 x 120 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • gallery label: verso, paper: Daniel Goldreyer Gallery, New York; Portland Museum of Art, 1983; Kootz Gallery.
  • gallery label: verso, paper, English
  • gallery label: verso, paper, English

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wasserman, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1966, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

NOTE: The Wassermans may have purchased the work directly from the artist or his gallery, the documentation in the curatorial file is unclear.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Wasserman
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.25
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sam Hunter, James Brooks, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1963), reproduced in b/w, no. 11
  • James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper 1946-1982, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME, 1983), reproduced in b/w p. 32, no. 12

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