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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.37
People
Katherine Sturgis, American (Long Island, NY 1904 - 1996)
Title
Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Massachusetts
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bearskin Necke, Rockport, Massachusetts
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1952
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308350

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray and brown wash on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 45.7 x 62 cm (18 x 24 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: K. Sturgis '52
  • exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: "Pigeon Cove"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1953.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.37
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, DeCordova Museum, 1955, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, 10/18/1955 - 01/05/1956
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Cambridge Trust Company, 1956, Cambridge Trust Company, Cambridge, 07/01/1956 - 08/31/1956

Verification Level

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