Prisoners in an Orchard, Sketch for the Rikers Island Mural

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1998.164
People: Lou Block, American (New York, NY 1895 - 1969 Louisville, Kentucky)
Title: Prisoners in an Orchard, Sketch for the Rikers Island Mural
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1934
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/278922

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil and black ink on buff wove paper
Dimensions: 38.8 x 68 cm (15 1/4 x 26 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Lou Block, 1934, possibly by bequest; to Malu Nay Block and Fayette Block Watkis, 1969, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Malu Nay Block and Fayette Block Watkis
Accession Year: 1998
Object Number: 1998.164
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This drawing has been separated from its original backing, which was a partial advertising poster. Printed on the original backing, which is matted separately: [First line illegible] / [Hi]gh blood pressu[re] / [ ]ary relie[f] / [sto]mach, headache and con[ ] / [ ]king / [ ]ghestan[ ] / [ ]py in tablet form-- / [ ] size 15¢.

Inscribed at l.r. of the poster in black marker: Z-13[ ]

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