1991.100: Harvard Tercentenary, Early Design for Adolphus Busch Hall Murals
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.100
- People
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Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
- Title
- Harvard Tercentenary, Early Design for Adolphus Busch Hall Murals
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Preparatory drawing for the Adolphus Busch (Busch-Reisinger Museum) Murals: Early Design for East Wall (Theme: Harvard Tercentenary)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1936
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/309855
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor over graphite on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 63.6 x 45.4 cm (25 1/16 x 17 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: graphite, l.r.: Lewis W. Rubenstein / 1936
- watermark: MORILLA [in script:] Ingres (FRANCE)
- inscription: l.l., graphite: [encircled:] 2
- inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: [encircled:] 2 (36)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Lewis W. Rubenstein, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lewis W. Rubenstein
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.100
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Nathan Timpano, Nazi vs Neibelung: Satirizing National Socialism at Harvard's Germanic Museum, Oxford Art Journal, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, England, 2012), Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 391-411, p. 400, ill. (black and white)
Verification Level
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