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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.829
People
William Zorach, American (Eurburick-Kovno, Lithuania 1887 - 1966 Bath, Maine, USA)
Title
Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1953-1954
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227597

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
8.57 x 4.76 x 8.89 cm (3 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower proper rt. (neck): Zorach

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Zorach, 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
1984.829
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. 30, 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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