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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12075
People
Henry Emerson Tuttle, American (1890 - 1946)
Title
Bird of Paradise
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1932
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254253

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 24.5 x 28.8 cm (9 5/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: yes, in plate, drypoint, signed, in artist's hand: Paradisais Guilielmi [symbol for male] British New Guinea April 12 1929 [illegible] / HETuttle 27 June 1932 / The American Museum 26 31 34 of Natural History [the inscriptions are backwards in the print]
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: HE Tuttle imp.
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, handwritten: c29428 [crossed through] X -608 "Bird of Paradise" 25.00

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, June 6, 1947.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1947
Object Number
M12075
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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