Harvard Art Museums > 1936.150.27: Identity Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Identity (Elihu Vedder) , 1936.150.27,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306849. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1936.150.27 People Elihu Vedder, American (New York, NY 1836 - 1923 Rome, Italy) Title Identity Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1887 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306849 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and colored pastel on gelatin silver print Dimensions 39.3 x 21.5 cm (15 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.) mount: 39.6 x 21.7 cm (15 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: pastel, l.r.: EV in monogram inscription: under image, pastel: [reproduced and annotated:] Somewhere; in desolate wind-swept space, / In Twilight-land-- in No-man's land-- / Two hurrying shapes met face to face / And bade each other stand. / "And who are you?" cried one agape / Shuddering in the gloaming light; / "I know not," said the second shape, / "I only died last night!" / Identity / Aldrich inscription: verso, upper edge, yellow pastel: Identity inscription: l.l., reproduced: Copyright 1887 by E. Vedder Provenance Recorded Ownership History Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875 Accession Year 1936 Object Number 1936.150.27 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 373-74, cat. no. 406, ill. p. 374 Exhibition History Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 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 European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
