1973.12: Caricature of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1973.12

People

David Levine, American (Brooklyn NY 1926 - 2009 New York, NY)
John Kenneth Galbraith, American (1908 - 2006)

Title

Caricature of John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1968

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308959

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink over graphite on paper

Dimensions

actual: 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ballpoint ink, lower center: D. Levine
• inscription: verso. l.l., graphite: FO #6475
• inscription: verso u.l.c., graphite: Engrave 6" tall
• inscription: verso center, blue ball-point ink: Galbraith / NYR
• inscription: l.r., green pencil: 75

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Levine, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David Levine

Copyright

© Eve and Matthew Levine

Accession Year

1973

Object Number

1973.12

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Conor Cruise O'Brien, "Satirical Pastoral", The New York Review of Books (New York, NY, April 25, 1968), vol. X, no. 8, ill. p. 19

Exhibition History

• David Levine, Forum Gallery, New York, 12/12/1970 - 12/31/1970
• Rasika, the Discerning Connoisseur: Indian Paintings from the John Kenneth Galbraith Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/1998 - 04/05/1998

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