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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.35
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
Initial H, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Three-Sided Question. H.
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1897
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306103

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
38.2 x 25.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r. in image: O. Herford
  • blind stamp: u.l.: [in oval:] N. E. MONTROSS / ART / & / MATERIALS / 1380 BROADWAY N.Y.
  • inscription: u.l., black ink: C3450
  • inscription: u.l., black ink: X
  • inscription: u.r., black ink: Mch 17
  • stamp: u.r., blue ink, stamped: 10241
  • inscription: center right, graphite: M[ ]
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 250
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: INITIAL
  • inscription: l.r., black ink: 17th
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: 64692-6 / 3/17 / 6313[P?]
  • inscription: beneath image, graphite, erased: 1 3/4
  • inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A8331
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B652 [ ]1-27
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: 6x6 / 24-637
  • stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: Art Department / The Century Co. / Union Square, / New York City

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1919.35
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. 637
  • Oliver Herford, The Bashful Earthquake and Other Fables and Verses, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY, 1898), reproduced in b/w p. 45

Verification Level

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