"Sphinx with Broken Idol," Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.736
People: Charles Ricketts, British (Geneva, Switzerland 1866 - 1931 London, England)
Title: "Sphinx with Broken Idol," Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297537

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.7 cm (12 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Charles Ricketts; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum)], 1923, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

NOTE: Provenance information from documents in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.736

Division

European and American Art

Contact

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Publication History

Nicholas Frankel, The Sphinx by Oscar Wilde, with Decorations by Charles Ricketts. A Facsimile., Rice University Press (Houston, 2010), p. 64

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