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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.61
People
Mel Pekarsky, American (Chicago IL born 1934)
Title
Desert Light
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1983
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and spray fixative on prepared paper
Dimensions
actual: 101.6 x 152.5 cm (40 x 60 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Lower right, graphite: MP/83; MP/83 (signed twice).

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mel Pekarsky and [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the artist and G.W. Einstein Company, Inc.
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.61
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Donald B. Kuspit, Pekarsky's Desert Tundra, exh. cat., G. W. Einstein Company, Inc. (New York, NY, n.d.)
  • Donald B. Kuspit, Mel Pekarsky, exh. cat., Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, OH, 1990), n.p.

Verification Level

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