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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.151
People
Alexander Calder, American (Philadelphia, PA 1898 - 1976 New York, NY)
Title
A Rebus
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1943
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/19176

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
57.1 x 77.6 cm (22 1/2 x 30 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: Calder '43
  • watermark: J WHATMAN 1940 HANDMADE ENGLAND
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 43.1565 Calder

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard B. Sisson, New York City and Cuba, New York, after 1965, bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

NOTE: Provenance information from the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier
Copyright
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.151
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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