Harvard Art Museums > 1996.30: Figure Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Figure (Earl Kerkam) , 1996.30,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/226224. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1996.30 People Earl Kerkam, American (Washington DC 1890 - 1965 New York NY) Title Figure Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1954 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/226224 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 139.7 x 91.4 cm (55 x 36 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r. in brown paint: KERKAM 54 inscription: On verso, u.r. in pencil: M. Brown Gallery, Boston Kerkam inscription: On verso, u.l. in black ink: Coll. Lois Orswell Pomfret Conn. label: On verso, u.l.: Earl Kerkam Figure '54 - Poindexter Gallery 46 E. 37th St. NYC label: On verso, middle stretcher bar: Fogg accession label. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell Accession Year 1996 Object Number 1996.30 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This is a three-quarter view of a figure placed in the center of the composition, facing forward. The figure is determined by gestural black contour lines, but the face is not clearly defined. Concentrated brushwork at the top tapers off to legs hinted at by black gestural lines. The figure melts into greens, reds and blues of the background. The figure is bald and shown to just above the knees. Publication History Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 75, fig. 130, p. 321, 323, 377 Exhibition History Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
