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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.90
People
Mortimer Borne, American (Rypin, Poland 1902 - 1987 Nyack, New York)
Title
Xanthos and Dionysus at the House of Heracles, from "The Frogs" by Aristophanes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1947
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309300

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 28.4 x 38 cm (11 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: M.B. 47
  • inscription: l.r., black ball-point ink, in artist's hand
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: [signature:] Mortimer Borne
  • inscription: l.l.c., graphite, in artist's hand: Xanthus and Dionysus at the House of Heracles / The Frogs / Aristophanes

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William W. Lanigan, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William W. Lanigan
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.90
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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