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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.137
People
James Naumburg Rosenberg, American (Allegheny City, PA 1874 - 1970 White Plains, NY)
Title
Return of the 27th Division
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: 27th Division Series
Alternate Title: Pencil Sketch for the "27th Division Series"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1919
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306507

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, u.r.: JNR
  • inscription: upper edge, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: This was one of my sketches, / for my [ ] May 14 / return of 27 Divsn A. E. F[ ] Mch 25 / 19 / [Framed?] this for myself / JNR 19 / May [also notations about shading and light effects]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James Naumberg Rosenberg, New York, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.137
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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