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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.150
People
Jack Levine, American (Boston, MA 1915-2010 New York, NY)
Title
Two Knights Jousting
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Challenge / Two Knights in Armour on Horseback
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308237

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.5 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)
Border drawn around image.: 24.9 x 32.6 cm (9 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: J.L.
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: The Challenge
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, graphite: Circle and shapes, writing scratched out at bottom of page.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Jack Levine Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.150
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy Abbott Thompson, Origins of Boston Expressionism, the Artists' Perspective, exh. cat., De Cordova Museum (Lincoln, MA, 1986), reproduced p. 12

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