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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.170
People
Kenneth John Conant, American (Neenah WI 1894 - 1984 Bedford MA)
Title
South Tower of Cathedral, Barcelona
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
Feb 29 1920 - Mar 1 1920
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308433

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
image: 23.1 x 15.3 cm (9 1/8 x 6 in.)
actual: 23.7 x 15.9 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, u.l.: Kenneth Conant
  • inscription: Feb 29 - Mar 1 1920, lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: [encircled:] 17; Feb 29 - Mar 1 1920 South Tower of the Cathedral from the Calle de la Freneria, Barcelona
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: C
  • label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: [typed:] Property of Kenneth J. Conant / [printed:] The Cambridge School of / Domestic Architecture & / Landscape Architecture / At Cambridge Massachusetts
  • label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, ink, graphite, typed and handwritten: [typed:] South Tower of the Cathedral / from the Calle dos Figueras, / Barcelona / [handwritten:] #349

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Kenneth John Conant, Cambridge Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1954.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Kenneth J. Conant
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.170
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Support is rounded at lower edges. Old tape at u.l. of verso.

Exhibition History

  • Conant Drawings, Loeb Library, Cambridge, 09/30/1974 - 11/01/1974

Verification Level

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