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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1270
People
Eric Gill, British (Brighton, England 1882 - 1940 Harefield, England)
Title
Female Torso
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1922
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230147

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Boxwood
Dimensions
8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on back of pedestal: EG

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[William Marchant, London, England] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Copyright
© Estate of Eric Gill / Bridgeman Images
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1270
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Margaret Smith, Eric Gill: The Cell of Good Living, brochure, Houghton Library (Cambridge, MA, 1994), in exhibition checklist
  • Judith Collins, Eric Gill: The Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonne, Herbert Press (London, England, 1998), cat. 129, p. 131

Exhibition History

  • Eric Gill: The Cell of Good Living, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 04/13/1994 - 06/03/1994

Verification Level

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