1977.114: Study for David, for "Derby Hill Theme: David and Goliath"
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.114
- People
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Pavel Tchelitchew, American (Kaluga district, Russia 1898 - 1957 Grotta Ferrata, Italy)
- Title
- Study for David, for "Derby Hill Theme: David and Goliath"
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1942
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/309093
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink and gray wash on beige wove paper
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.r.: P. Tchelitchew / 1942
- inscription: l.l., black ink, signed, in artist's hand: To dearest Agnes / the "David tree," / first idea. / Love / Pavlik.
- label: removed from old mount? now in curatorial file, paper: [printed:] Kulicke Frames, Inc. / [graphite:] Vassar / [printed:] Showroom / 1007 Madison Avenue / Office & Factory / 85 University Place / [stamped in black ink:] Fitter 3 / [printed:] New York City
- label: removed form old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, typed: on red-bordered label: Ink drawing / "Study for David" / by Pavel Tchelitchew / for Harvard University / Fogg Museum
- watermark: Center right: Cronicon / U.S.A.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Pavel Tchelitchew, possible gift; to Agnes Rindge Claflin, New Paltz, New York, gift; Estate of Agnes Rindge Claflin; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Agnes Rindge Claflin
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.114
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Agnes Rindge Claflin Memorial Exhibition, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, 12/12/1977 - 06/04/1978
- Pavel Tchelitchew, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 09/22/1989 - 11/26/1989
- American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023
Verification Level
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