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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.33
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
Title
Structure
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
mural painting
Date
c. 1934-1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231128

Physical Descriptions

Medium
True fresco
Technique
Fresco painting
Dimensions
365.8 x 304.8 cm (144 x 120 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lewis W. Rubenstein, commissioned; by Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Commissioned through the Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
1935.33
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Francesca Bewer, A Laboratory for Art: Harvard's Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900-1950, Harvard Art Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA, 2010), p. 207, fig. 4.31
  • Louise Orsini, "The Technical Analysis and Treatment of Hunger March by Lewis Rubenstein and Rico Lebrun" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2010), Unpublished, pp. 1-59 passim
  • Teri Hensick, Tony Sigel, Henry Lie, Narayan Khandekar, Kate Smith, Francesca Bewer, Angela Chang, Louise Orsini, and Erin Mysak, Protection and Relocation of Frescoes During Construction at the Harvard Art Museum, Subliming Surfaces: Volatile Binding Media in Heritage Conservation, ed. Christina Rozeik, University of Cambridge Museums (https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.41335, 2018), Pages 141-152, Figure 4, Page 143; Figure 6, Page 144

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