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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.755
People
Robert David Gauley, American (Carnaveigh, County Monaghan, Ireland 1875 - 1943 Winter Park, FL)
Title
Pattern with Birds, after a Textile
Other Titles
Alternate Title: From an XV Century Silk in the Cluny Museum, Paris
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1893
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306878

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 30.1 x 47.5 cm (11 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.l.: Robert D. Gauley Paris 1893
  • inscription: verso, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: From an XI century silk in the Cluny Museum, Paris Robert D. Gauley 1893
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 11 3/4 x 18 1/2 [ ]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross; 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
1936.150.755
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Per the inscription, the original is an eleventh-century silk in the Cluny Museum, Paris. There is a slight graphite sketch of two figures wearing hats on the verso.

Verification Level

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