1978.121: Purple Trouble
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1978.121
- People
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Al Held, American (Brooklyn, NY 1928 - 2005 Todi, Italy)
- Title
- Purple Trouble
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/309153
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Acrylic paint on paper mounted on masonite
- Dimensions
- actual: 48.7 x 63.5 cm (19 3/16 x 25 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- gallery label: backing, paper, printed: [two labels]
- inscription: upper member of frame, black felt-tip pen: PURPLE TROUBLE
- label: backing, paper, printed and handwritten: [graphite:] Emmerich #15793
- label: backing, paper, typewritten: FCM69.69 / Al Held / PURPLE TROUBLE, 1966 / 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 / Gift of Lawrence S. Levine
- inscription: all members of frame, black felt-tip pen: 5793E
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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[André Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1976.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and matching gifts
- Copyright
- © Al Held Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1978
- Object Number
- 1978.121
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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