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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.132
People
William Dole, American (Angola IN 1917 - 1983 Santa Barbara CA)
Title
Chairs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1955
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308543

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and colored chalk? on cream wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 60 x 46.1 cm (23 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Frame: 28.75" x 22.75"
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: W. Dole 1955
  • label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: [printed:] COLLECTION OF DR. AND MRS. MACKINLEY HELM / 1201 LAS ALTURAS ROAD / SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA / [typewritten:] DOLE, WILLIAM [1917] / "Chairs" / Ink and dry pigment, signed and / dated lower right, "W. Dole 1955" / 24 - 1/2" x 19" / Value: $200.00
  • gallery label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: DUVEEN-GRAHAM / 1014 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK 21, N.Y.
  • inscription: verso: Picture #10 / Mat 18 / Chairs [per curatorial file-- not seen 7/01]
  • inscription: u.r.: Nov. 1955 [per file-- not seen 7/01].
  • watermark: C. M. FABRIANO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Dole, sold; to Dr. and Mrs. MacKinley Helm, Santa Barbara, California, 1959, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1959.

NOTE: Provenance information from donor correspondence in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. MacKinley Helm
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.132
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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