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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.39
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
Tailpiece for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Three-Sided Question. Tailpiece (Bear in Bed)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1897
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306105

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over erased graphite on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 38 cm (10 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: scratched into black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
  • inscription: u.l., black ink: C3450
  • inscription: u.l., graphite: 6 x 692.5 / 3/17 / 63[ ]3P
  • stamp: left edge, purple and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [stamped in purple:] PLATE WANTED [handwritten in black:] Mch 17
  • stamp: left edge, purple and black ink, stamped and handwritten: 6-8 [8 crossed out in black] FINE PROOFS / 3 FLAT PROOFS
  • blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of a crown]
  • inscription: center of lower edge, graphite: 4 inches
  • inscription: l.r., partially in image, graphite, erased: TAILPIECE
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Tailpiece / Three-Sided Question
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: X
  • stamp: u.r., blue ink, stamped: 10239
  • inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A 8334
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: Herford / P / 10 x 8 / A Three-Sided Question (6 dwgs / 8.00 (70-24-638

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
1919.39
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 50

Verification Level

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