1966.11: Madame Sijou

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.11

People

John D. Graham, American (Warsaw, Poland(?) 1886 - 1961 London, England)

Title

Madame Sijou

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1944

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308850

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and crayons on off-white tracing paper

Dimensions

actual: 60.6 x 48 cm (23 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, u.r.: Graham / XXXXIV

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John D. Graham's son, sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1961?, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1966.

NOTE: Provenance from a letter from Lois Orswell dated 4 March 1966 in the curatorial file.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David Smith in memory of his friend, John Graham

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.11

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 58, fig. 123, pp. 79, 168, 317-318 (repr. b/w), 379
• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, 2003), cat. no. 7, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 11/14/2003 - 01/24/2004
• 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/09/2022 - 03/06/2023

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