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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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