1987.56.6: Orchids in Room

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1987.56.6

People

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

Title

Orchids in Room

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1932 - 1934

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309493

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 29.8 x 22.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, graphite: Orchids in room / 2ve [crossed out] / ~Dec 1st / quite sick

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

1987.56.6

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. 25, reproduced in b/w p. 66

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