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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.107
People
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American (Boston, MA 1849 - 1921 Monadnock, NY)
Title
Angel
Other Titles
Former Title: Sketch for an Angel
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1900-1903
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227484

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
120 x 91.8 cm (47 1/4 x 36 1/8 in.)
framed: 142.9 x 114.9 x 7 cm (56 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of the artist to William James; sold to [Giovanni Castano, Boston, MA], 1960; sold to Irwin D. Hoffman, 1960; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Irwin D. Hoffman
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.107
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Martha Banta, Imaging American Women: Idea and Ideals in Cultural History, Columbia University Press (New York, NY, 1987), reproduced in b/w fig. 9.16, p. 393
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 363, cat. 395, ill.
  • Kevin M. Murphy, "Not Theories but Revelations:" The Art and Science of Abbott Handerson Thayer, exh. cat., Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA, 2016), p. 17, cat. no. 5, repr. p. 22
  • Antiques: Tapping Into Nature For Art and Battle, New York Times (New York, March 4, 2016), p. C22, repr. only

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Paintings by Abbott H. Thayer, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 01/01/1919 - 12/31/1919
  • "Not Theories but Revelations:" The Art and Science of Abbott Handerson Thayer, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 03/11/2016 - 08/21/2016

Verification Level

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