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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.25
People
Mitchell Siporin, American (New York, New York 1910 - 1976 Newton, Massachusetts)
Title
The Powderly Circular: Cyrus McCormick & Terence V. Powderly (Haymarket Series); verso: rough sketch
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1934-1935
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293049

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on cream board; verso: graphite
Dimensions
56.2 x 41.8 cm (22 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: M. Siporin
  • inscription: verso, top, black ink, in artist's hand: The Powderley Circular - Terence V. Powderley and Cyrus H. McCormick / (document) / From the group documented portraits in the Haymarket Series
  • inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: The Powderly Circular / Cyrus McCormick & Terence Powderly / (Haymarket Series) / Pen and Ink

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
1997.25
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "May Day, 1886: The Haymarket Struggle, Eight Drawings", New Masses (May 7, 1935), vol. 15, no. 6, repr. p. 13
  • Carl Belz, Mitchell Siporin: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University (Waltham, MA, 1976), no. 9
  • Robert W. Glenn, The Haymarket Affair: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT, 1993), no. 1478

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
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/19/2017 - 04/05/2018

Verification Level

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