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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.55
People
John Peter Russell, Australian (Sydney Australia 1858 - 1930 Sydney Australia)
Title
Fabián de Castro
Other Titles
Former Title: Portrait of M. Fabian
Former Title: Monsieur Fabian
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1888
Culture
Australian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228536

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65.5 x 65.2 cm (25 13/16 x 25 11/16 in.)
framed: 80.2 x 79.5 x 6 cm (31 9/16 x 31 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label:
  • exhibition label: on backing board, printed and handwritten in black: J. P. Russell Exhibition / no. 18
  • inscription: verso, center stretcher bar, graphite: Friend of V. Van Gogh
  • inscription: right stretcher bar, graphite: 2066
  • inscription: back of frame, graphite: 3838
  • label: back of frame, printed in blue: [printed] Lot # [inscribed 2 [illeg] 3 [or 8] / Piece #
  • label: center stretcher bar: [printed in red] 40234 [Thannhauser inventory number] / THANNHAUSER [handwritten in graphite] JOHN / RUSSELL
  • inscription: center stretcher bar, graphite: J. Russell
  • label: back of frame, top right: [partial of framed label, illegible handwriting]
  • inscription: right stretcher bar, white chalk: THANNHAUSER
  • inscription: back of frame, right, graphite: B
  • label: top stretcher bar, white label with blue printed lettering: J. K. THANNHAUSER / 12 EAST 67th STREET / NEW YORK 21, N. Y.
  • inscription: back of frame, white chalk: 4th floor room case
  • stamp: strecher bar, black ink: [illeg. circular stamp]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Justin K. Thannhauser [1], New York NY, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

[1] The portrait is listed as part of the Thannhauser inventory in the late 1930s and early 1940s (Thannhauser Gallery Archives: Inventarbuch, Paris u. New York, Ende 30 u. 40er Jahre).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Justin K. Thannhauser in memory of their son, Heinz H. Thannhauser, M.A. '41
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.55
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Thannhauser, "Documents Inédits: Vincent van Gogh et John Russell", L'Amour de l'Art (September 1938), vol. XIX, no. 7, pp. 281-286, repr. p. 282
  • Henry Thannhauser, "Van Gogh and John Russell: Some Unknown Letters and Drawings", The Burlington Magazine (September 1938), pp. 1-8
  • Dorothy Adlow, [Unidentified article], The Christian Science Monitor (November 14, 1956), p. 10, repr. in b/w
  • Anne V. Dort, "French Art of the 19th Century", Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Bulletin (Boston, MA, 1958 -1959), no. 21, no. 21, p. 1316
  • Ann Galbally and Ursula Prunster, Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany, exh. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales (Melbourne, Australia, 2001), Pp. 56-57, 121-122
  • Wayne Tunnicliffe, John Russell: Australia's French Impressionist, exh. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales and Thames & Hudson (Sydney, 2018), p. 226 (checklist), repr. p. 43

Exhibition History

  • John Peter Russell: Australian Impressionist, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, 09/01/1965 - 09/30/1965
  • John Peter Russell: Australian Impressionist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05/20/1977 - 06/26/1977; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 01/10/1978 - 02/10/1978; University Art Museum at Queensland, Queensland, 02/23/1978 - 03/20/1978; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Melbourne, 03/30/1978 - 05/07/1978
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/11/2016 - 07/14/2017
  • John Russell: Australia's French Impressionist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07/21/2018 - 11/11/2018

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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