1919.37: Exit Owl, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1919.37
- People
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Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
- Title
- Exit Owl, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: A Three-Sided Question. Exit Owl
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1897
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/306056
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink and black wash on heavy off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 38.2 cm (10 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
- blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of a crown]
- stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: Art Department / The Century Co. / Union Square, / New York City
- inscription: u.l., black ink: C 3450
- stamp: center right, purple and black ink, stamped and handwritten: 6-8 [8 crossed out in black] FINE PROOFS / 3 FLAT PROOFS
- stamp: center right, purple and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [stamped in purple:] PLATE WANTED [handwritten in black:] Mch 17 / 97
- inscription: u.r., graphite: X
- stamp: u.r., blue ink, stamped: 10237
- inscription: l.l., graphite: 6 X 692-4 / 3/17 / 63[ ]3 P
- inscription: lower center, graphite: 1 col [crossed out] / 2 5/8 inches
- inscription: l.r., graphite: EXIT OWL / (Three-Sided Question)
- inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A8333
- inscription: verso, blue pencil: 7 x 6 / 24-638
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell
- Accession Year
- 1919
- Object Number
- 1919.37
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Oliver Herford, "A Three-Sided Question", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, June 1897), vol. XXIV, no. 8, reproduced in b/w p. 638
- Oliver Herford, The Bashful Earthquake and Other Fables and Verses, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY, 1898), reproduced in b/w p. 48
Verification Level
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