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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.114
People
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
  • 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
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
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Exhibition History

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