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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.20
People
Preston Dickinson, American (New York NY 1891 - 1930 Catalonia, Spain)
Title
Still Life
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1925-1926
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306434

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel, graphite and black ink on tan laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 48.1 x 57.2 cm (18 15/16 x 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Preston Dickinson
  • watermark: MICHALLET
  • gallery label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten
  • exhibition label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper, printed, typed and handwritten

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Daniel Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

NOTE: Provenance based on gallery label in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.20
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at all corners. Media may be fixed.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum Handbook, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1931), repr. in b/w p. 80

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, Crandall Free Library, Glens Falls, 03/01/1933 - 03/31/1933
  • Watercolors by 12 Americans, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 05/22/1933 - 06/26/1933
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Lawrence College, 1935, Lawrence University, Appleton, 03/01/1935 - 04/30/1935
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1935, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, 10/14/1935 - 11/16/1935
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Association, 1935, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 12/08/1935 - 12/31/1935
  • American Watercolors from the Museum's Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/01/1936 - 02/29/1936
  • Exhibition of Paintings by Distinguished Contemporary American Artists, E. T. Slattery Co., Boston, 03/04/1937 - 03/27/1937

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu