1965.127: Ruth Gikow (1915 - 1982)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.127

People

Jack Levine, American (Boston, MA 1915-2010 New York, NY)

Title

Ruth Gikow (1915 - 1982)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1948

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308790

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 27.8 x 21.1 cm (10 15/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.l.: J Levine '48

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Downtown Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Copyright

© Jack Levine Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.127

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 204
• Frank Getlein, Jack Levine, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1966), reproduced, pl. 31

Exhibition History

• Golden Years of American Drawings 1950 - 1956, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 01/22/1957 - 03/19/1957
• 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture: Drawings by its Faculty, Visiting Artists, and Alumni, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 08/06/1970 - 09/26/1970; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 10/20/1970 - 11/29/1970

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