A man stands on a lawn looking at a flock of pigeons
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

On a well manicured lawn in front of a windowless stucco building, a man with his hands in his pockets stands at right, looking away from us as his shadow stretches in front of him in bright afternoon sun. He looks on at a flock of pigeons at center that has just taken flight, as they all fly toward the viewer. Just beyond them, is the bare trunk of a tall tree that stretches up out of view, and a row of trimmed shrubs. At left, a small tree grows by a sidewalk.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.108
People
Henry Wessel Jr., American (Teaneck, New Jersey born 1942)
Title
Untitled
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: New California Views, 1979
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1979
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284609

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 28 x 32 cm (11 x 12 5/8 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Henry Wessel, Jr.
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: Henry Wessel, Jr.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York, purchased from LA Ctr. for PSP Com., July 1977, 1977, gift, 1982. LA Ctr. for Photographic Studies Portfolio Com.; on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1979 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.108
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/04/2018 - 04/09/2019

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