1993.242: Sketch for "Early Bird"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.242

People

John Bernard Flannagan, American (Fargo, ND 1895 - 1942 New York, NY)

Title

Sketch for "Early Bird"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1941

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305803

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 10.9 x 9.7 cm (4 5/16 x 3 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, typed: In consideration [ ] / receipt of which is [crossed out] he [ ] / John B. Flannagan, re[ ] / my right to do so [ ] / and transfer [ ] / of [ ]
• inscription: verso, graphite: To Curt V. / 32EJ7
• inscription: verso of old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: John Flanagan [sic] / Sketch for "Early Bird" / from letter from artist / to Curt Valentin / coll. Lois Orswell / Pomfret / Conn
• inscription: verso of old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: 2913-B / Perdot

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Bernard Flannagan, gift; to Curt Valentin, New York, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, 1944, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.

NOTE: Provenance based on information in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell

Accession Year

1993

Object Number

1993.242

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Folded under at left edge.

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. 33, fig. 116, p. 312, 314, 373

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