Girl Seated on a Couch | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.112
People: Eric Gill, British (Brighton, England 1882 - 1940 Harefield, England)
Title: Girl Seated on a Couch
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297668

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Graphite, red and black chalk
Dimensions: 28.7 x 31.1 cm (11 5/16 x 12 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Goupil Gallery, Ltd., London], sold; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York] 1927, sold, to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1939, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

NOTE: The available documentation implies a transaction between Goupil and Scott & Fowles, also the Goupil stockbooks at the Getty Institute show numerous transactions between the two dealers.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Copyright

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.112

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Debora Mayer, "Technical Examination of Red Chalk" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1982), Unpublished, pp. 1-33 passim

Verification Level

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