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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1973.120.3
People
Andy Warhol, American (Pittsburgh PA 1928 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Chinese Horse
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1950-1951
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309056

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black felt-tipped pen on yellowed newsprint paper
Dimensions
actual: 22.4 x 30 cm (8 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper center, black felt-tipped pen, in artist's hand: Merry Christmas
  • inscription: center, black felt-tipped pen, in artist's hand: Chinese Horse
  • inscription: black felt-tip pen, center: Chinese Horse; upper center: merry christmas

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Andy Warhol, New York, New York, gift; to Robert MacGregor, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1973.

NOTE: Provenance per Fred Hughes of Andy Warhol Enterprises, MacGregor got the drawing directly from Warhol. See correspondence in curatorial file under Warhol-- General

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert M. MacGregor
Copyright
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
1973.120.3
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Andreas Brown, Andy Warhol: His Early Works, 1947-1959, Gotham Book Mart and Gallery (New York, NY, 1971), p. 11, reproduced
  • Jesse Kornbluth, Pre-Pop Warhol, Panache Press, Random House (New York, NY, 1988), p. 66, fig. 19

Verification Level

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