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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.67
People
Emily Winthrop Miles, American (New York, NY 1893 - 1962 Sharon, Connecticut)
Title
Tiger Flowers Johnstone
Other Titles
Former Title: Head - Boxer, Tiger Flower Johnson
Former Title: Wrestler/Head of a Negro
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, head
Date
1934
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230032

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
34.3 x 20.3 x 27.3 cm (13 1/2 x 8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso, l.l.: E. W. Miles, 1934

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the artist to her father, Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.67
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Emily W. Miles Sculpture and Drawings, brochure, Walker Galleries (New York, NY, 1937)
  • Sculpture and Drawings by Emily Winthrop Miles, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), no. 10

Exhibition History

  • Sculpture and Drawings by Emily Winthrop Miles, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/02/1943 - 06/30/1943
  • American and British Figurative Art of the Inter-War Years, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/13/1992 - 12/31/1992

Verification Level

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