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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.823
People
Jose De Creeft, American (Guadalajara, Spain 1884 - 1982 New York NY)
Title
Reclining
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
1953-1954
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227250

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
26.99 x 44.77 x 3.81 cm (10 5/8 x 17 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Jose de Creeft

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Zorach, Cast for Towle Silversmiths who commissioned it, 1953, to Towle Silversmiths, 1953.
Towle Silversmiths/Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Withers, Commissioned from the artist, 1953, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1984. Mr. Withers was the president of Towle Silversmiths.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Withers
Copyright
© Estate of Jose De Creeft / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.823
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sculpture in Silver from Islands in Time, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1955), no. 23, reproduced in b/w

Exhibition History

  • Sculpture in Silver from Islands of Time, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 09/14/1955 - 10/16/1955; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 10/30/1955 - 11/20/1955; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 12/04/1955 - 12/25/1955; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 01/08/1956 - 01/29/1956; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 02/12/1956 - 03/04/1956; Lawrence Art Museum, 11/08/1956 - 11/21/1956
  • Loan exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 1981, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/20/1981 - 03/20/1981

Verification Level

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