Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1941.77
People
Jo Davidson, American (New York, NY 1883 - 1952 New York, NY)
Title
Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of a Man / Portrait of Anatole France
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
February 18, 1922
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307697

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions
35.7 x 26.8 cm (14 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Graphite, l.r.: Jo Davidson / Paris 1922
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: Anatole France / Drawn from life at / the Villa Said Paris / February 18th 1922

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jo Davidson; sold to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1941.

NOTE: See copy of undated correspondence in curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Copyright
© Jo Davidson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1941
Object Number
1941.77
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS.

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.

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 Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu