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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.37
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Stele of Aristion, after Aristokles
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Grave Monument of Aristion
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308977

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
78 x 20.1 cm (30 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, u.r.: JOSEPH LINDON SMITH
  • inscription: l.r., in image, graphite, in artist's hand: [API]STOFLIOS
  • label: backing board (encapsulated), paper: W. J. GARDNER / COMPANY / PICTURES / FRAMES / 298 BOYLSTON [STREET] / BOSTON MA[SS]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.37
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edward Waldo Forbes, History of the Fogg Art Museum, Unpublished (1956), vol. I, pp. 66-67
  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 51, 60, 109, cat. 58
  • Harvard Art Museum, Harvard Art Museum Annual Report, ed. Thomas W. Lentz (Cambridge, 2007-2008), ill. p. 93

Exhibition History

  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977

Verification Level

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