1990.95: Head

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1990.95

People

Joseph Glasco, American (Paul's Valley OK 1925 - 1996 Galveston, Texas)

Title

Head

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1954

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310703

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil and alkyd on board

Dimensions

actual: 101.9 x 76.1 cm (40 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: backing, brown marker?: L. Orswell / Pomfret Ctr / Conn / Joseph Glasco

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Possibly [Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1955?, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1990.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell

Accession Year

1990

Object Number

1990.95

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 45, fig. 121 (color), pp. 376, 381
• Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 56

Exhibition History

• [Benefit exhibition for the Boston Arts Festival], Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 05/08/1956 - 05/29/1956
• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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