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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.116
People
Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, American (Bushnell, IL 1862 - 1924 Little Neck, NY)
Title
Illustration for "My Business Partner Gym"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1913
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308777

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache over graphite on buff paper mounted on composition board
Dimensions
27 x 24.7 cm (10 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
mount: 37.8 x 34.5 cm (14 7/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: Peter Newell
  • inscription: mount, l.r., graphite: "Say, Smith, what on earth have you been / doing with yourself?" he said. "You look like a young man again." / No. 2
  • inscription: mount, top edge, blue pencil: 4 1/2
  • inscription: verso of mount, graphite: 509-4-4 / 5/13 9 [ ]
  • label: verso of mount, paper: [in ink:] Peter Newell / 2. Ill. My Business / Partner Gym / May 31 / 13

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. John G. Pierce, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. John G. Pierce
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.116
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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