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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.79
People
Richard Burgess, American (St. Paul, MN 1914 - 1946 Minneapolis MN)
Title
Seated Man Reading a Newspaper (recto and verso)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1944
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308552

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 38.2 x 27.3 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Frame: 22.25" x 16.75"
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Brookdale Linen Bond U.S.A.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard M. Burgess, Minneapolis, Minnesota, bequest; to Private Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

NOTE: Provenance taken from correspondence in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift through Friends of the Artist
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.79
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sheet has three holes along one edge, as from a hole puncher?

Verification Level

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