Harvard Art Museums > 1967.19: Abstract Head Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Abstract Head (Alfred Henry Maurer) , 1967.19,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/308794. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1967.19 People Alfred Henry Maurer, American (New York, NY 1868 - 1932 New York, NY) Title Abstract Head Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th-20th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308794 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on cream laid paper Dimensions actual: 52.1 x 39.8 cm (20 1/2 x 15 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.l.: A. H. Maurer inscription: back of frame, u.r., graphite: 19 1/8 x 15 label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: No. 210 gallery label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: No. 9860 watermark: MICHALLET inscription: verso, upper left, black crayon: #35 inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 25.00 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1946, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1967. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell Accession Year 1967 Object Number 1967.19 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 117, fig. 106 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 169, fig. 152, pp. 130-131, 337( repr. b/w)-338, 371, 373 Exhibition History 20th Century Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 04/16/1947 - 05/18/1947 Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
