The Illusion (Architect's Studio)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1998.115
People: Saul Steinberg, American (Râmnicu-Sarat, Romania 1914 - 1999 New York, NY)
Title: The Illusion (Architect's Studio)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1966
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/195617

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white paper

Dimensions

sight: 49.8 x 65.9 cm (19 5/8 x 25 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r.: Steinberg / 66
label: backing board, paper, printed and handwritten: [printed in black ink:] 6397; [red marker:] x263
label: backing board, paper, printed and handwritten: [printed in black ink:] Receipt & item no.: [blue ink:] M102639/01
label: backing board, paper, printed: 103-203357 / Sotheby's (Boston) / M102639

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Estate of Anne Blake Smith; to William B. Freedberg, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Anne Blake Smith, donated by William and Sarah Freedberg
Accession Year: 1998
Object Number: 1998.115
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

The Discerning Eye: Radcliffe Collectors' Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1974 - 11/24/1974

Verification Level

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