Lowell House, Harvard University | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9655
People: Rudolph Ruzicka, American (Bohemia, Czech Republic 1883-1978 Hanover, New Hampshire)
Title: Lowell House, Harvard University
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1931-32
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/262452

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Woodcut on paper
Technique: Woodcut
Dimensions: plate: 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
folded holiday card: 23.9 x 16.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
entire holiday card: 23.9 x 33.6 cm (9 7/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, November 16, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1939
Object Number: M9655
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The woodcut is printed inside a folded holiday card with greetings for the year 1932.

Publication History

Thomas Connors, "City Smitten", Antiques (Brooklyn, NY, 2021), Vol. 188, No. 2, pp. 70-77, p. 73, fig. 4, ill. (color)

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M9655: Lowell House, Harvard University