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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.29
People
George Biddle, American (Philadelphia, PA 1885 - 1973)
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Title
George Santayana (1863-1952)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1952
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308458

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal and graphite on white wove notebook paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: charcoal, l.r.: George Biddle, Rome, 1952
  • inscription: l.l., charcoal, in artist's hand: George Santayana

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.29
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: Drawings by its Faculty, Visiting Artists, and Alumni, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 08/06/1970 - 09/26/1970; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 10/20/1970 - 11/29/1970

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