1926.33.104: Skunk Cabbages

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1926.33.104

People

John Henry Hill, American (W. Nyack NY 1839 - 1922)

Title

Skunk Cabbages

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306402

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white card

Dimensions

11.1 x 11.3 cm (4 3/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Graphite border drawn around image.: 8.2 x 10.1 cm (3 1/4 x 4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, graphite: f

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University

Accession Year

1926

Object Number

1926.33.104

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Linda S. Ferber and William H. Gerdts, The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1985), catalogue no. 21, reproduced in b/w p. 174
• Marion M. Goethals, Georgia O'Keeffe: Natural Issues 1918 - 1924, exh. cat., Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA, 1992), reproduced, fig. 1, p. 34

Exhibition History

• The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 03/29/1985 - 06/10/1985; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 07/03/1985 - 09/08/1985

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