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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.84
People
Katherine Porter, American (Cedar Rapids IA 1941 - 2024 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1981
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal, gouache (or poster paint), and crayon on buff wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 66.4 x 102.4 cm (26 1/8 x 40 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: KPorter
  • gallery label: backing board, paper: no. C1877

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[David McKee Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquired through the Deknatel Purchase Fund
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.84
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at all corners.

Publication History

  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 123, fig. 124, repr. in color
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 311, p. 267, repr.
  • Joseph A. Gatto and Albert W. Porter, Exploring Visual Design: The Elements and Principles, Davis Publications Inc. (Worcester, MA, 2000), fig. 12-28 (color)

Exhibition History

  • Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986
  • Modern Art for Harvard: Prints and Drawings Acquired through the Generosity of Frederick B. and Virginia H. Deknatel, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/1995 - 08/06/1995

Verification Level

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