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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.56.10
People
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, American (Montgomery AL 1900 - 1948 Asheville NC)
Title
Christmas Card
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1932?
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with white gouache on gray wove paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.4 cm (10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
image on front: 14 x 10.8 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design, black ink, printed, in artist's hand: Mildred Squires / wishes you a Merry Christmas
  • inscription: verso, black ink: This card was designed and / printed by Mrs. Fitzgerald. I / knew nothing of them until / they arrived. I thought you / might be interested in / seeing them.

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
1987.56.10
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Creased vertically down the center where it was folded like a greeting card.

Publication History

  • The Fredric Wertham Collection: Gift of his Wife, Hesketh, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1990), no. 29, reproduced in b/w p. 67

Verification Level

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