Cupid and Psyche | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1983.18
People: Benjamin Rowland, Jr., American (Overbrook PA 1904 - 1972 Cambridge MA)
Title: Cupid and Psyche
Other Titles: Former Title: Eros and Psyche
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: early 1960s
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310161

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

45.8 x 61 cm (18 1/16 x 24 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: blue ballpoint, l.r.: B. Rowland
label: removed from old mat? now in curatorial file, white gouache, hand painted: The JOHNSON Award of Excellence
label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Jonathan Fine, Boston, Massachusetts, and David Fine, Westport Connecticut, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jonathan and David Fine
Accession Year: 1983
Object Number: 1983.18
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass., 1973), no. 18

Exhibition History

Benjamin Rowland, Jr. Memorial Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/28/1973 - 10/21/1973; St. Paul's School, 04/07/1974 - 05/04/1974

Verification Level

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1983.18: Cupid and Psyche