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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.12
People
Samuel Chamberlain, American (Cresco, IA 1895 - 1975 Marblehead, MA)
Title
Skyscrapers of Menton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1927
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310619

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and watercolor on cream laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 33.9 x 24.2 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l. l.: SLC
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: 51
  • inscription: lower edge, black ink: 76 SKYSCRAPERS OF MENTON FRONTISPIECE- FULL PAGE
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Skyscrapers / of Menton
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, erased: inside 6 [1/2?] x 3 3/4
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 90 - 12 - 238
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 68.6 [or 9.89, inverted?]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: crop as mrkd / no line / 6929 / 8 - 1 / 133
  • inscription: verso, l.l., black ink: [encircled:] 76

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Samuel Chamberlain.
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Sold to John Goelet, 1996.
John Goelet, New York, NY, Purchased from Childs Gallery, 1996, Gift to HUAM, 1996.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.12
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John (Angus) Chamberlain, "New Towns for Old or What Happened to Menton", American Architect (New York, NY, May 20, 1927), pp. 631-632, repr.
  • John (Angus) Chamberlain, Through France with a Sketchbook, Robert M. McBride & Company (New York, NY, 1929), p. 61, repr.
  • 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), no. 51, repr. p. 51 (color)

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