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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1973.85
People
Margaret Fisher, American (Chicago IL 1898-1990 Winnetka IL)
Title
Ruby Pirouette
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308963

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache, gray wash, and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 35.1 x 27.2 cm (13 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.l.: MF
  • label: inside mat, paper, typewritten: 8. RUBY PIROUETTE / Pencil and gouache / Lent by the Fogg Art Museum
  • label: inside mat, l.r., red-and-white paper, typed: RUBY PIROUETTE
  • label: inside mat, paper, printed: 12 [circular label]
  • inscription: inside mat, graphite: slide / & / [ ]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Margaret Fisher, Illinois, gift; to Roger Fisher, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Fisher
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
1973.85
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Margaret Fisher: Drawings, Watercolors, Gouaches, exh. cat., Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), repr. fig. 8

Exhibition History

  • Margaret Fisher: Drawings, Watercolors, Gouaches, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/19/1973 - 10/11/1973
  • Margaret Fisher: Drawings and Watercolors, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 09/24/1975 - 11/02/1975

Verification Level

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