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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.207
People
John Bernard Flannagan, American (Fargo, ND 1895 - 1942 New York, NY)
Title
Early Bird
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1941
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227589

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fieldstone
Dimensions
38.1 x 16.51 x 8.89 cm (15 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Buchholz Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, 1944, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1983

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.207
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 31, fig. 14, pp. 38-39, 373

Exhibition History

  • 20th Century Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 04/16/1947 - 05/18/1947
  • [Benefit exhibition for the Boston Arts Festival], Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 05/08/1956 - 05/29/1956
  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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