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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.96
People
Jack Levine, American (Boston, MA 1915-2010 New York, NY)
Title
Bust of a Man in Profile (Study for "Gangster's Funeral")
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Study for "Gangster Funeral"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1951
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308416

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and red chalk on white wove sketchbook paper
Dimensions
35.2 x 27.9 cm (13 7/8 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown chalk, l.l.: J Levine

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[The Alan Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge Massachusetts (L. 2091), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1954.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Copyright
© Jack Levine Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.96
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kenneth W. Prescott, Jack Levine: Retrospective Exhibition, paintings, drawings, graphics, exh. cat., Jewish Museum (New York, NY, 1978), cat. no. 98

Exhibition History

  • Jack Levine Retrospective, Jewish Museum, New York, 11/08/1978 - 01/28/1979; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, 02/17/1979 - 04/08/1979; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, 04/30/1979 - 06/17/1979; Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, 07/09/1979 - 08/26/1979; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 09/17/1979 - 11/04/1979; Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, 11/26/1979 - 01/13/1980

Verification Level

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