1967.63: Canal, Bloomfield, New Jersey; verso: Sketch of a Rose Window

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1967.63

People

Oscar Bluemner, American (Preuzlau, Germany 1867 - 1938 Braintree MA)

Title

Canal, Bloomfield, New Jersey; verso: Sketch of a Rose Window

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1920

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308838

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon and gray wash on off-white wove paper; verso: black crayon

Dimensions

actual: 11.9 x 18 cm (4 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.l.: OB in monogram ...Ag 8-20
• inscription: verso, u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Canal, S. / from aqueduct at James St. / tow'd Bellevue / Ave. Bridge
• inscription: verso, graphite: 97 [or 94?] sky / dk. [ ] "shades"
• inscription: verso, graphite: AA #5
• inscription: verso, blue crayon: 476
• inscription: [Aug] 8 1920, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Blmfld [AG] 8-20

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Oscar Bluemner; to his son, Robert Bluemner, Goffstown, New Hampshire, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1967.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bluemner

Accession Year

1967

Object Number

1967.63

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Verso: partial view of rose window in black crayon, cut from larger sheet.

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