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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.22
People
Alan Shields, American (Herington, KS 1944 - 2005 Shelter Island, NY)
Title
Dove of Piece
Other Titles
Alternate Title: What about Blue Snow
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1975
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309253

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handmade dyed paper, watercolor and thread collage
Technique
Collage
Dimensions
27.7 x 30.7 cm (10 7/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • gallery label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: Thomas / Segal / Gallery / Alan Shields / Dove of Piece, 1975 / handmade paper w/ applied / color and thread / 10 3/4 x 11 inches / # 11567 / 73 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 / Telephone: 617-266-3500
  • label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and inscribed: Williams College / Museum of Art / Temp. Loan / No. 79/10/90
  • inscription: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, blue ball-point ink, inscribed: Alan Shields / "Dove of Piece" / (AS 533)
  • stamp: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, black ink, stamped: BARK FRAMEWORKS, INC. / 85 GRAND STREET / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013
  • inscription: backboard, now lost, blue ink: [Per curatorial file:] From the collection of / Lois & Michael K. Torf / [with Weston, MA address-- see curatorial file]
  • inscription: backboard, now lost, graphite: Cooper 4648 2
  • inscription: verso: center, graphite, inscribed, in artist's hand: Top / Back / One Side / Alan J Shields / Dove of / Piece / or / "What about Blue Snow"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Torf, Weston, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1980.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Torf
Copyright
© Alan Shields Estate
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.22
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edward Saywell, "Teaching with Paper: The Fogg Art Museum", Hand Papermaking (Winter 2005), vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 35-38, repr. p. 35

Exhibition History

  • Paintings and Prints by Alan Shields, Williams College Museum of Art, 11/09/1979 - 12/21/1979
  • Texture and Paper, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/24/1980 - 12/14/1980

Verification Level

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