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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.105
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
Title
Two Men with Sledgehammers, for Adolphus Busch Hall Murals
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Preparatory drawing for the Adolphus Busch (Busch-Reisinger Museum) Murals: Thor (Study of Two Workmen Wielding Sledgehammers)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1936
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309878

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black conté crayon on ivory tracing paper
Dimensions
42.5 x 35.2 cm (16 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: LWR / 36
  • inscription: l.l., black crayon: THOR
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: [encircled:] 7
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 43A

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1991.105
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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