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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1990.38
People
Alfred Leslie, American (Bronx, New York born 1927 Brooklyn, New York)
Title
Mafiaoso
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1958
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309850

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Collage on cardboard with various kinds of paper (modern laid, wove, etc.), glue, paint (watercolor, oil, tempera) and dirt
Technique
Collage
Dimensions
actual: 75 x 59.2 cm (29 1/2 x 23 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: Alfred Leslie 1958

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[John Bernard Myers, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1959, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
1990.38
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 145, p. 378

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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