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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.466
People
James Rosati, American (Washington, PA 1912-1988)
Title
Abstraction
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1958
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309936

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 55.9 x 50.9 cm (22 x 20 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Rosati
  • watermark: [design of crown] / Abbey Mills / Greenfield

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Peridot Gallery, New York, New York], (per John Hohnsbeen, formerly Peridot Gallery, visit October 2002), sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1960, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.466
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. 198, fig. 164, 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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