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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.95
People
William T. Wiley, American (1937 -)
Title
Green Shoes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1977
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193357

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, red pencil, and blue ballpoint ink on thin white wove paper
Dimensions
51.9 x 76.2 cm (20 7/16 x 30 in.)
Image dimensions are irregular.: 46.2 x 61.3 cm (18 3/16 x 24 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Wm T. Wiley 1977
  • inscription: lower margin, left, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: WORKING DRAWING for GREEN SHOES
  • inscription: within design area, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: reading from the verso, so that the inscriptions, which were written in reverse, are legible: in left figure: OCT 29 76; to the right of right figure: 1 31 77 [January 31, 1977?]; along the lower edge: GOODBY GABBY I WASN'T ALWAYS NICE TO YOU AND NOW YOUR GONE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William T. Wiley; to Jack Lemon, Chicago, Illinois; to [Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois], sold; to [Charles Young, Glastonbury, Connecticut], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© William T. Wiley
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.95
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sheet has five holes punched at left edge. There is an offset of brown ink on the verso where the sheet was in contact with the softground etching plate.

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