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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.15
People
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (Borgonovo, Switzerland 1901 - 1966 Chur, Switzerland)
Title
Female Nude in Studio
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1942
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295918

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper, darkened
Dimensions
actual: 32.7 x 24.3 cm (12 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: 1942 / Alberto Giacometti
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 780/x

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to [Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, partial gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

NOTE: A donation from Graham Gund was used to complete this acquisition. See Orswell catalogue p. 304 and p. 312.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell and Graham Gund
Copyright
© Alberto Giacometti Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.15
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. 40, fig. 79 (color), pp. 173, 312, 371, 376

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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