1972.25.B: Center panel of Triptych

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.25.B

People

James Brooks, American (St. Louis, MO 1906 - 1992 Brookhaven, NY)

Title

Center panel of Triptych

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1952

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/212473

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas mounted on pressboard

Dimensions

226.39 x 101.93 cm (89 1/8 x 40 1/8 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.B

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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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  Object Number
  1972.25
  Artist

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  Title

  Triptych

  Classification
  Paintings

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