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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.297
People
Karl Knaths, American (Eau Claire, WI 1891 - 1971 Provincetown, MA)
Title
Lilacs
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1943
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232462

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
81.9 x 101 cm (32 1/4 x 39 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Karl Knaths

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, 1944, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.297
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 90, fig. 17, pp. 42-44, 325

Exhibition History

  • 20th Century Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 04/16/1947 - 05/18/1947
  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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