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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.245
People
Merle Davis James, American (Farmville Station NY 1890 - 1963 Cushing ME)
Title
Freshening Breeze
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309207

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 34.2 x 49.2 cm (13 7/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.l.: Merle D. James
  • inscription: verso, graphite: By Merle D. James ca. 1950 / at Broad Cove Farm, Cushing, Maine [not seen 7/01]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.245

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.245
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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