1929.156: Conception I: God and Adam
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1929.156
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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