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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.595
People
Augustus Vincent Tack, American (Pittsburgh, PA 1870 - 1949 New York, NY)
Title
The Pardon of Dimas
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1914
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307985

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with extensive scratchwork on white scratchboard
Dimensions
image: 17.9 x 14.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
actual: 35.8 x 28 cm (14 1/8 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Augustus Vincent Tack
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: Dimas, The Thief / [erased, largely illegible:] Dimas of [the Happy?] Death
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: The Pardon of Dimas

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1943.595
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at top of support.

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