1956.39: Consumed by Thine Anger, from the Ironism Series

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1956.39

People

James Naumburg Rosenberg, American (Allegheny City, PA 1874 - 1970 White Plains, NY)

Title

Consumed by Thine Anger, from the Ironism Series

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1943

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308406

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel on off-white wove paper?

Dimensions

sight: 49.6 x 33.5 cm (19 1/2 x 13 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: pastel, l.r.: JNR 43
• inscription: l.r., pastel, in artist's hand: CONSUMED / BY THING / ANGER
• inscription: backing board, graphite: "CONSUMED BY THINE ANGER" JNR 1943
• inscription: back of frame, graphite: CONSUMED BY THINE ANGER
• inscription: backing board, graphite: [encircled:] 12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[American Artists' Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund

Accession Year

1956

Object Number

1956.39

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• James Naumburg Rosenberg, Painter's Self-Portrait, Crown Publishers Inc. (New York, NY, 1958), repr. in b/w, p. 135

Exhibition History

• Ironism: James N. Rosenberg, Ferargil Galleries, New York, 06/26/1944 - 07/12/1944
• Atomism, Associated American Artists, New York, 12/01/1955 - 12/31/1955

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