Walking Horse Facing Right | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1973.120.7
People: Andy Warhol, American (Pittsburgh PA 1928 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title: Walking Horse Facing Right
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1950-1951
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309077

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black felt-tipped pen on yellowed newsprint paper

Dimensions

actual: 22.6 x 30.2 cm (8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper center, black felt-tipped pen, in artist's hand: Merry Christmas
inscription: black felt-tip pen, 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
Accession Year: 1973
Object Number: 1973.120.7
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. 67, fig. 19

Verification Level

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