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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.56
People
Arthur Pope, American (Cleveland, OH 1880 - 1974 Westport, MA)
Title
St. George and the Dragon Capital, Church of St. George, Cologne, Germany
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1920
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309092

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on darkened off-white wove paper, mounted to buff cardboard
Dimensions
image: 28.9 x 24.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
actual: 25.1 x 17.8 cm (9 7/8 x 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Arthur Pope / Hotel St. James / Rue St. Honoré
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: St. George and / the dragon / [Gargilene?] 19 [ ] 1920 / To A.K.P. in memory / of a most enjoyable / trip: from A. P.
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: 5 [cl?] 6 [crossed off: 7 [cl?] 8]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Conant, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Conant
Copyright
© Arthur Pope
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.56
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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