Harvard Art Museums > 1998.290: Abstraction Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Abstraction (Nicolas de Staël) , 1998.290,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299034. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.290 People Nicolas de Staël, French (St. Petersburg 1914 - 1955 Antibes) Title Abstraction Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1942 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299034 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink on cream wove paper Dimensions 54 x 73 cm (21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l., graphite: Staël 1942 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 1956, sold to Lois Orswell. Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT, Purchased from Knoedler Galleries, 1956, Bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Orswell placed work on long-term loan from 1970 to 1998. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection Copyright © Nicolas de Staël / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.290 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 267, pp. 358, 371, 376 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu