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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.63
People
Martin Mower, American (Lynn, MA 1870 - 1960 Vancouver, British Columbia)
Title
Hervey Wetzel (1888-1918)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1917
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
83.5 x 66 cm (32 7/8 x 26 in.)
framed: 100 x 83.2 x 4.5 cm (39 3/8 x 32 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the artist to Hervey Wetzel (the subject), 1917.
To his cousin Mrs. Valentine at his death (?), 1918.
Mrs. Valentine to her son Joseph Valentine.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1975.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Joseph W. Valentine
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
1975.63
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Benedict Cuddon, "A field pioneered by amateurs: The collecting and display of Islamic art in early twentieth-century Boston", Muqarnas, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2014), Vol. 30, Issue 1, p. 15, fig. 2, ill. (b/w)

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