1954.161: Wells Cathedral

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.161

People

Kenneth John Conant, American (Neenah WI 1894 - 1984 Bedford MA)

Title

Wells Cathedral

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308475

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper

Dimensions

image: 23 x 15.1 cm (9 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
actual: 23.4 x 15.7 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: [encircled:] 8; June 30 Jul 1 - 2 Wells Cathedral from the [ ] Moat
• label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, ink, printed, typed, handwritten: [typed:] Property of Kenneth Conant / [printed, crossed out:] The Cambridge School of / Domestic Architecture & / Landscape Architecture / At Cambridge Massachusetts / [typed:] 53 Church Street
• label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, ink, graphite, typed and handwritten: [typed:] Wells Cathedral / [handwritten in graphite:] #339

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

1954.161

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Support is rounded at lower edges. Old tape at upper edges of verso.

Exhibition History

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

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