1942.119: Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1942.119

People

Charles Ricketts, British (Geneva, Switzerland 1866 - 1931 London, England)

Title

Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298093

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

30.1 x 21 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/4 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, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

NOTE: Provenance information from documents in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.119

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Chikashi Kitazaki and Mina Oya, ed., Between Reality and Dreams: Nineteenth Century British and French Art from the Winthrop Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Ueno, 2002), cat. no. 42-1, repr. (color)
• Nicholas Frankel, The Sphinx by Oscar Wilde, with Decorations by Charles Ricketts. A Facsimile., Rice University Press (Houston, 2010), p. 64

Exhibition History

• Between Reality and Dreams: Nineteenth Century British and French Art from the Winthrop Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 09/14/2002 - 12/08/2002

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