1929.156: Conception I: God and Adam

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1929.156

People

Benjamin Greenstein, American (London, England 1901 - 1988 New York NY)

Title

Conception I: God and Adam

Other Titles

Alternate Title: God and Adam

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1923

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306546

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

43.2 x 56 cm (17 x 22 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black crayon, l.l.: Benj Greenstein 1923
• inscription: upper edge, black crayon: 12 in [with upward-pointing arrow]
• inscription: left edge, black crayon: <-- 6 in.
• inscription: lower center, black crayon, in artist's hand: Consception [sic] I / [crossed out:] + Creation I / God and Adam
• inscription: l.l. of backing mat, graphite: $135
• inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: [encircled:] 5
• inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: $50
• inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: [underlined:] 108
• inscription: inside face mat, graphite: 108

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

James Naumberg Rosenberg, New York, 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

1929.156

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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