1972.366: False Legs Hang Down

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.366

People

Judith Rothschild, American (New York, NY 1921 - 1993 New York, NY)

Title

False Legs Hang Down

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/213288

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on white illustration board

Dimensions

76.5 x 102 cm (30 1/8 x 40 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.l.: JR [in monogram]
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, black felt-tip, handwritten: Artist: Judith Rothschild / Drawing on board, 1972 / Title: "False Legs Hang Down" / Gift of the Collection of / Gerald Sykes & Buffie Johnson
• manufacturer's mark: verso, red ink, printed: [repeated four times:] BAINBRIDGE / BOARD / TRADE NUMBER 80 MARK / 22 x 30 or 30 x 40 / SINGLE OR DOUBLE / THICK / Charles T. Bainbridge's Sons, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• inscription: verso, graphite: Frame / & / Crate & ship to / Fogg Museum / Cambridge, Mass / Attention: Mr. Daniel Robbins, Director
• inscription: verso, black ink: Artist Judith Rothschild / Collection: Gerald Sykes
• inscription: verso, black ink: Judith Rothschild / Pen & ink drawing on Board
• inscription: center of left edge, graphite: NO
• inscription: center of upper edge, graphite: NO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gerald Sykes, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Gerald Sykes

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.366

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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