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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.256
People
Rhys Caparn, American (Onteora, New York 1909-1997)
Title
Snake Plant
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1955
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308446

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and black chalk on off-white wove ppr, mounted to heavy blue wove ppr
Dimensions
mount: 69.1 x 53.8 cm (27 3/16 x 21 3/16 in.)
actual: 60.1 x 45.2 cm (23 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Rhys Caparn 1955

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
National Serigraph Society, New York, New York, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of National Serigraph Society
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.256
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Twentieth Century American Graphic Arts, Museum voor Sierkunst, Ghent, 11/09/1956 - 12/31/1956; Strozzi Palace, Florence, 01/01/1957 - 01/31/1957; Sala Napoleonica, Venice, 02/01/1957 - 02/28/1957; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma, Rome, 03/01/1957 - 03/28/1957; De Beyerd Art Center, Breda, 07/20/1957 - 09/08/1957

Verification Level

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