1937.8.17: Jaw of a Balaena Mysteretus of Greenland; Balaena Antipodium of New Zealand
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.8.17
- People
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John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
- Title
- Jaw of a Balaena Mysteretus of Greenland; Balaena Antipodium of New Zealand
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 19th-20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/310182
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on buff paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 20.2 x 16.4 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Balaena Mysteretus of Greenland
- inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 354
- inscription: u.r., graphite: Balaena Antipodium of New Zealand
- inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 354a
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond
- Accession Year
- 1937
- Object Number
- 1937.8.17
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Two small sketchbook pages have been mounted to a sheet and given one accession number. Each is 9 x c. 15.5 cm.
Verification Level
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