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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.14
People
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss (Borgonovo, Switzerland 1901 - 1966 Chur, Switzerland)
Title
Two Sculptures
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296239

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 51.4 x 33.6 cm (20 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1958, 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
1972.14
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. 43, pp. 173, 312, 371, 378

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