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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.20
People
Preston Dickinson, American (New York NY 1891 - 1930 Catalonia, Spain)
Title
Long Island
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310452

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon with graphite and blue and green crayon on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 27.5 x 34.7 cm (10 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, black ink, stamped: [D?].B.W. [in square]
  • inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: Preston Dickinson-- Long Island
  • label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, blue ink, printed and hand written on paper: [printed in black:] size [hand written in blue ink:] 10x
  • exhibition label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper: No. 605.1950

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1950, partial gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell and purchase, Louise Haskell Daly and Francis H. Burr Funds
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.20
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. 29, pp. 312, 374

Exhibition History

  • Boston Businessman's Show, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 09/30/1950 - 10/29/1950

Verification Level

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