Boy's Head in Profile with Geometric Symmetry

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.83
People: Jack Levine, American (Boston, MA 1915-2010 New York, NY)
Title: Boy's Head in Profile with Geometric Symmetry
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306876

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, graphite: Drawing by Jack Levine / First drawing from life. / Geometric symmetry / proposed by Denman W. Ross / Gift to the Study Series / by him (Dr. Ross's handwriting / on cardboard backing / when this was framed)

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
Copyright: © Jack Levine Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.83
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Lois McArdle, Portrait Drawing, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984), reproduced fig. 8-12

Exhibition History

Born in Boston, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, 02/18/1979 - 04/22/1979

Verification Level

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1936.83: Boy's Head in Profile with Geometric Symmetry