1954.166: Lafayette Statue, Court of the Louvre

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.166

People

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

Title

Lafayette Statue, Court of the Louvre

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Louvre, Lafayette Statue

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

Jul 25 1919

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308476

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper

Dimensions

image: 22.5 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
actual: 23.6 x 15.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: [encircled:] 8; July 25 1919 LaFayette Statue, Court of the Louvre
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: H
• label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, ink, graphite, typed and handwritten: [typed:] Lafayette Statue / Court of the Louvre / [graphite:] #343
• label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, ink, printed, typed, handwritten: [typed, crossed out:] Property of Kenneth Conant / [printed, crossed out:] The Cambridge School of / Domestic Architecture & / Landscape Architecture / At Cambridge Massachusetts / [handwritten in black ink:] K. J. C.

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

1954.166

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Support is rounded at lower edges.

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