1986.485: Female Figure

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

Permissions

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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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