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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.82
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Head in Irish Romanesque Style
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Period
Abbasid period
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227491

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sandstone, gypsum and pigment
Dimensions
19 x 15.1 x 11 cm (7 1/2 x 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
with base: 31.8 x 15.1 x 11 cm (12 1/2 x 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J. B. Neumann, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.82
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), pp. 8, 12, cat. 84
  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 335, p. 365

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994
  • The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

Verification Level

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