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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.71
People
Emily Winthrop Miles, American (New York, NY 1893 - 1962 Sharon, Connecticut)
Title
Abstraction
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
by 1937
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307911

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Crayon and graphite on brown wove paper
Dimensions
48.2 x 33.2 cm (19 x 13 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black crayon, l.r.: EWM
  • inscription: back of frame, graphite: By Emily W. Miles / Exhibited Lenox 1937 / No. 10
  • inscription: back of frame, graphite: 83
  • inscription: backing board, graphite: 1937
  • inscription: backing board, graphite: V-23-1
  • stamp: backing board, black ink and graphite, stamped and handwritten: [stamped in black:] HERBERT S. BEEBE / PICTURE FRAMING / GIFT SHOP / LAKEVILLE, CONN. [inscribed in graphite:] 9-24-1937 / tel 87-2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Emily Winthrop Miles; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.71
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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