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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.304
People
Alexander Calder, American (Philadelphia, PA 1898 - 1976 New York, NY)
Agnes Mongan (1905 - 1996)
Title
Caricature of Agnes Mongan (1905-1996)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1972
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308958

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black felt-tipped pen on white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 18.8 x 14 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, back cover: AC (monogram)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Alexander Calder, 1972, gift; to Agnes Mongan, 1972, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Agnes Mongan
Copyright
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.304
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Drawn on front cover of the program for the presentation of the 1972 Art Dealers Association of America award. Slight graphite sketch on verso, with monogram.

Publication History

  • Richard Newman, "The Microtopography of Pencil Lead in Drawings: A Preliminary Report", Papers Presented at the Art Conservation Training Programs Conference, Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum (Wilmington, DE, 1980), p. 38, fig. 4

Verification Level

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