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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.15
People
Rico Lebrun, American (Naples, Italy 1900 - 1964 Malibu, CA)
Title
Figure with Bandaged Legs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1959
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309168

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and wash with wax on off-white illustration board
Dimensions
actual: 76.4 x 45.8 cm (30 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, lower center: Lebrun 1959
  • inscription: verso, graphite: [per conservation file:] A. Clement / 205 W. 54th St. / NY 19 NY
  • label: verso: [per conservation file:] #22
  • inscription: verso: [per conservation file:] IXX GRAY
  • label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: a HEYDENRYK frame / [drawing of house surrounded by initials HH JR] / THE HOUSE OF HEYDENRYK / 417 E. 76th ST. / NEW YORK, N. Y. 10021
  • label: verso, graphite: [per conservation file] #132 LACMA
  • inscription: verso, graphite: [per conservation file:] Borrowers: Please do not use scotch tape on either front or back of this drawing. A. Clement
  • label: backing, paper: Borrower: Please do not use scotch tape on either front or back of this drawing. A. Clement

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Adele Clement, Lyme, Connecticut, 1959, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

NOTE: Provenance information provided by the donor.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Adele Clement
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.15
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sheet is set into deep mat with photo corners-- cannot examine verso 10/01. Pinholes at all corners.

Publication History

  • Rico Lebrun Drawings, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA, 1961), fig. 57
  • Rico Lebrun, checklist, Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, CA, 1964)

Exhibition History

  • Rico Lebrun, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 01/01/1961 - 12/31/1961
  • Rico Lebrun, Pavilion Gallery, Newport Beach, 01/15/1964 - 02/16/1964; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, 03/01/1964 - 04/01/1964; Portland Art Museum, Portland, 04/15/1964 - 05/15/1964
  • Rico Lebrun, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/05/1967 - 01/14/1968; Museo Nacional de San Carlos, INBA, Mexico City, 02/15/1968 - 03/15/1968; University of Arizona, Tucson, 04/15/1968 - 05/16/1968; University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, 06/17/1968 - 07/29/1968; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 08/29/1968 - 10/06/1968; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, 02/15/1969 - 03/15/1969; Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 11/02/1969 - 12/15/1969

Verification Level

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