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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.20
People
Howard Everett Giles, American (Brooklyn NY 1876 - 1955 Woodstock VT)
Title
Cambodian Head
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306225

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on brown wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 49.3 x 36.6 cm (19 7/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower center: from Howard Giles
  • inscription: u.l., graphite: ²16
  • inscription: center left, graphite: 45 degrees
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: Composition in ²16 with modulation into the square / To Denman W. Ross
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Toyokumi

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.20
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Modern Design Compared to Antique, Boston Public Library, Boston, 10/16/1933 - 10/31/1933
  • Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961

Verification Level

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