Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.118
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
Title
Study for "Alberich's Hand," Adolphus Busch Hall Murals
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Preparatory drawing for the Adolphus Busch (Busch-Reisinger Museum) Murals: Design for North Wall, left panel: Two Hands Grasping Up-Stretched
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1936
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309962

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black conté crayon on ivory tracing paper
Dimensions
image: 49.8 x 20.4 cm (19 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
actual: 57.5 x 39 cm (22 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black conté, l.r.: Lewis W. Rubenstein 1936
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: [encircled:] 20
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: [encircled:] 20

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
1991.118
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu