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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.147
People
Kurt Seligmann, American (Basel, Switzerland 1900 - 1962 New York, NY)
Title
Caterpillar (Nature Study No. 1)
Other Titles
Former Title: Nature Study I
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1952
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308743

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Green-black crayon and colored varnish on white wove Strathmore paper
Dimensions
73.5 x 59 cm (28 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: green-black crayon, l.r.c: K Seligmann 52
  • blind stamp: STRATHMORE [design of thistle] USE EITHER SIDE
  • inscription: u.r. of verso, graphite: #A - 2 1/2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Durlacher Bros., New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1953, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Copyright
© Kurt Seligmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.147
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 110
  • Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing [2nd ed.], Prentice-Hall Press (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977), fig. 9.7
  • Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing, Prentice-Hall Press (Englewood Cliffs, 1984), pl. 267; fig. 9.8
  • Stephan E. Hauser, Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962: Leben und Werk, exh. cat., Schwabe & Co. AG (Basel, Switzerland, 1997), p. 346, fig. 272 (color)

Exhibition History

  • Kurt Seligmann 1900-1962: Leben und Werk, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, 11/23/1997 - 02/15/1998
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023

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