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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.154
People
Eugene Speicher, American (Buffalo, NY 1883 - 1962 Woodstock, NY)
Title
Study of John Hommel
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308744

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
image: 44.8 x 29.3 cm (17 5/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
actual: 53 x 31.9 cm (20 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Eugene Speicher
  • label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: No. L40.570
  • label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper
  • label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: James Papalia / Fine Picture Framing / 159 East 60th Street / New York
  • stamp: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, red ink, stamped: 300
  • label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, typed: Eugene Speicher / American 1883 - / "Study of John Hommel" / Pencil on paper / Fogg Art Museum (Meta and Paul J. Sachs Collection) 10.1946
  • inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, blue crayon: 1311
  • inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: [encircled:] 59

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frank K. M. Rehn, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091) 1946, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.154
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 18th International Exhibition of Water Colors, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 03/23/1939 - 05/14/1939
  • Eugene Speicher: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils and Drawings, 1908-1949, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Buffalo, 09/29/1950 - 10/26/1950

Verification Level

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