Bees at an Execution, for "A Bestiary"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.384
People: Alexander Calder, American (Philadelphia, PA 1898 - 1976 New York, NY)
Title: Bees at an Execution, for "A Bestiary"
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Flies at an Execution
Series/Book Title: A Bestiary
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1955
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310050

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

36.8 x 29.3 cm (14 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

blind stamp: l.l.c.: Strathmore / Artist

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Alexander Calder, Created, By descent through family to Nanette Sexton.
Richard B. Bailey and Nanette C. Sexton, Boston MA, By descent through family, Gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991. Ms. Sexton is great-niece of the artist.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard B. Bailey and Nanette C. Sexton in memory of Professor Frederick Deknatel
Accession Year: 1991
Object Number: 1991.384
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Richard Wilbur, ed., A Bestiary, Fourth Estate (London, England, 1993), cf. p. 42 - 43

Verification Level

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