1993.262: Study of Two Tigers

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.262

People

Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)

Title

Study of Two Tigers

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1939

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/264747

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper, taped to cardboard

Dimensions

sight: 14.3 x 21.2 cm (5 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
mount: 15.7 x 25.4 cm (6 3/16 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: LWR / 10-39
• label: removed from back of frame, now in curatorial file, graphite, in artist's hand: Not a baby llama to be sure, / but a very affectionate tiger / when you get to know him. / Lewis
• inscription: l.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: Central Park
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: loan no. 310.55
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: M / 1435-39
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: 285 / 3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Agnes Mongan

Accession Year

1993

Object Number

1993.262

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The sheet is taped to a piece of brown cardboard at the left edge. Right edges of sheet are rounded; sheet may have been removed from a sketchbook.

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