1927.47: Architectural Rendering of the Courtyard of the Fogg Museum of Art

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1927.47

People

Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, Architects, American

Title

Architectural Rendering of the Courtyard of the Fogg Museum of Art

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1927

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306384

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and white chalk on buff wove paper, laid down

Dimensions

mount: 44.3 x 56.1 cm (17 7/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
actual: 41.3 x 54.6 cm (16 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l., graphite: Fogg Museum of Art for Harvard University
• inscription: l.r., graphite: Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch & Abbott Archt's 122 Ames Bldg Boston

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, Architects, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott

Accession Year

1927

Object Number

1927.47

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 10, cat. 19

Exhibition History

• Finished Studies and Their Objects, Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 09/10/1972 - 10/10/1972
• American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994
• Modern Art for Harvard: Prints and Drawings Acquired through the Generosity of Frederick B. and Virginia H. Deknatel, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/1995 - 08/06/1995

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