1987.56.11: Gloria et Pax

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1987.56.11

People

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, American (Montgomery AL 1900 - 1948 Asheville NC)

Title

Gloria et Pax

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1932 - 1934

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309435

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

15.5 × 22.8 cm (6 1/8 × 9 in.)
image (irregular): 13 × 13.2 cm (5 1/8 × 5 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.r., graphite: Peter & Paolina or / Dialogue without / limitations
• watermark: Handmade

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Fredric Wertham, bequest; to Florence Hesketh Wertham, 1981, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1987.

NOTE: It is unclear how and when the drawings came into Mr. Wertham's possession; per the Wertham Collection catalogue (Harvard University, 1990), "It is not known precisely when the drawings came into Dr. Wertham's possession; however, it is likely that they were acquired when he was called in by the Phipps Clinic [at Johns Hopkins, where Fitzgerald was a patient] as a special consultant on her case.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh

Copyright

©The Estate of F Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald

Accession Year

1987

Object Number

1987.56.11

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• The Fredric Wertham Collection: Gift of his Wife, Hesketh, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1990), no. 30, reproduced in b/w p. 67

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