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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.264
People
Oscar Fehrer, American (Brooklyn, NY 1872 - 1958 New York, NY)
Title
Antique Female Head
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1889
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309858

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on gray wove paper
Dimensions
59.2 x 47.7 cm (23 5/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Image is in an oval shape.: 50.6 x 38.4 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: charcoal, center right: OF 89
  • inscription: black chalk, lower right: OF.89

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Oscar Fehrer, Painted, 1889, to his daughters at his death?, 1958.
Catherine and Elizabeth Fehrer, From their father, the artist, at his death?, 1958, Gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Elizabeth and Catherine Fehrer
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.264
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums Gallery Series, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1994), no. 12, checklist no. 24, p. 11

Exhibition History

  • Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/1994 - 01/29/1995

Verification Level

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