1964.97.43: Cotton Gin, Sketch for a Mural, Post Office, McDonough, Georgia
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1964.97.43
- People
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Jean Charlot, American (Paris, France 1898 - 1979 Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Title
- Cotton Gin, Sketch for a Mural, Post Office, McDonough, Georgia
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1941 - 1942
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/310828
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
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19.4 x 46.2 cm (7 5/8 x 18 3/16 in.)
Graphite border drawn around image.: 15.6 x 42.1 cm (6 1/8 x 16 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: margins, graphite, in artist's hand: 1/4" square; diagonal; door-- square [and other compositional notations]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Jean Charlot, Honolulu, Hawaii, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jean Charlot
- Accession Year
- 1964
- Object Number
- 1964.97.43
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Drawing was previously folded in half vertically.
Publication History
- Jean Charlot, Charlot Murals in Georgia, The University of Georgia Press (Athens, GA, 1945), left third reproduced in b/w pl. 20
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/2024 - 04/14/2025
Verification Level
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