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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.18
People
Margaret Laighton, American (1885 - 1966)
Title
Light and Shadow; verso: Flowers
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Early Morning New York
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308253

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on heavy cream wove paper (recto and verso)
Dimensions
56.1 x 39 cm (22 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red watercolor, l.l.: ML
  • label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, black ink on paper, handwritten: Margaret Laighton / Early Morning New York / $100
  • inscription: old backing, now in curatorial file, graphite: [encircled:] B3
  • exhibition label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: [printed in blue ink:] Artist [handwritten in black ink:] Margaret Laighton / [printed in blue ink:] Address [handwritten in black ink:] Gerry's Landing, Cambridge / [printed in blue ink:] Title [handwritten in black ink:] Light & Shadow / [printed in blue ink:] Price [handwritten in black ink:] $100. /[printed in blue ink:] JORDAN MARSH COMPANY / Exhibition of Paintings / ART WEEK IN BOSTON-- MARCH 29 TO APRIL 11, 1936

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge Massachusetts (L. 2091), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.18
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Paintings, The Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, 03/29/1936 - 04/11/1936

Verification Level

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