Harvard Art Museums > 1997.22: August Spies Speaking from a Wagon (Haymarket Series) Drawings Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"August Spies Speaking from a Wagon (Haymarket Series) (Mitchell Siporin) , 1997.22,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 21, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/287656. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1997.22 People Mitchell Siporin, American (New York, New York 1910 - 1976 Newton, Massachusetts) Title August Spies Speaking from a Wagon (Haymarket Series) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1934-1935 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287656 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink over graphite on cream board Dimensions 59.8 x 43 cm (23 9/16 x 16 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.l.: Siporin inscription: on banner in image, black ink, in artist's hand: 15 Section / Jung's haltfast inscription: verso, center, graphite: 6687/8 inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: August Spies Speaking from a Wagon / (Haymarket Series) / August inscription: black ink, lower left: M. Siporin Provenance Recorded Ownership History Miriam, Judith, and Rachel Siporin, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miriam, Rachel, and Judith Siporin Accession Year 1997 Object Number 1997.22 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History "May Day, 1886: The Haymarket Struggle, Eight Drawings", New Masses (May 7, 1935), vol. 15, no. 6, repr. p. 12 Alan Calmer, Labor Agitator: The Story of Albert R. Parsons, International Publishers (New York, NY, 1937), repr. p. 93 Carl Belz, Mitchell Siporin: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University (Waltham, MA, 1976), no. 2 Paul Avrich, ed., The First Mayday: Haymarket Speeches 1895-1910 by Voltairine de Cleyre, Cienfuegos Press and Libertarian Book Club & Soil of Liberty (Sandy, Orkney, Scotland and New York, 1980), repr. Robert W. Glenn, The Haymarket Affair: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT, 1993), no. 1482 Exhibition History Mitchell Siporin: A Retrospective, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, 05/11/1976 - 06/30/1976 Mitchell Siporin: The Early Years 1930-1950, Babcock Galleries, New York, 03/10/1990 - 04/03/1990 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
