In the House of Matthew | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.323
People: Augustus Vincent Tack, American (Pittsburgh, PA 1870 - 1949 New York, NY)
Title: In the House of Matthew
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307940

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on buff board

Dimensions

actual: 21.7 x 21.4 cm (8 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: red watercolor, l.r.: AVT
inscription: verso, black ink: In the house of Matthew. / Matt. IX [written again at upper edge of verso and painted out]
inscription: verso, graphite: 36
inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: "In the house of Matthew" / Sketch for painting in Metropolitan Museum NY / Augustus Vincent Tack

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.323

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Commentary: Sketch for a painting in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Verification Level

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