1984.828: A Construction

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1984.828

People

Jose de Rivera, American (Baton Rouge LA 1904 - 1985 New York, New York)

Title

A Construction

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

1953-1954

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227502

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

12.7 x 15.88 x 12.7 cm (5 x 6 1/4 x 5 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on base: José de Rivera

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jose de Rivera, commissioned by; Towle Silversmiths/Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Withers, 1953, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1984.

NOTE: 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

Accession Year

1984

Object Number

1984.828

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Sculpture in Silver from Islands in Time, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1955), no. 28, 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

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