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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.60
People
Emily Winthrop Miles, American (New York, NY 1893 - 1962 Sharon, Connecticut)
Title
The Teacher
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
20th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230431

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
47.6 x 15.9 x 33 cm (18 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: top of base, right rear: E. W. Miles
  • inscription: Around base: In truth you owe naught to any man; you owe all to all men.

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
1943.60
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sculpture and Drawings by Emily Winthrop Miles, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), no. 3

Exhibition History

  • Sculpture and Drawings by Emily Winthrop Miles, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/02/1943 - 06/30/1943

Verification Level

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