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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.485
People
Constantin Brancusi, Romanian (Hobita (Gorj), Romania 1876 - 1957 Paris, France)
Title
Female Figure
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
Romanian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294712

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown and black crayon on brown wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 48.7 x 32.1 cm (19 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Constantin Brancusi; to [Peridot Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Promfret Center, Connecticut, c. 1955, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1986.

NOTE: The original provenance given to the drawing had it purchased from Curt Valentin, however, John Honsbeen, a former assistant to Curt Valentin before going to work for the Peridot Gallery says that Mrs. Orswell purchased the drawing from Peridot. A label from the original backing paper would seem to support this claim, the provenance has been changed to reflect this information.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.485
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 10, p. 306, 381

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003
  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/10/2023 - 10/02/2023

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