Female Nude from Behind, Facing Left | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1992.280
People: Oscar Fehrer, American (Brooklyn, NY 1872 - 1958 New York, NY)
Title: Female Nude from Behind, Facing Left
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1897
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309886

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on cream laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 62.3 x 48 cm (24 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: right side, charcoal: OF Paris 1897
watermark: MICHALLET

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: 1992.280
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Robert Vonnoh, Oscar Fehrer, Eugene Higgins: Three Artists of Pleasant Valley, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, 06/01/1991 - 07/28/1991

Verification Level

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