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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.97.46
People
Jean Charlot, American (Paris, France 1898 - 1979 Honolulu, Hawaii)
Title
Hands of Faun Holding Pan Pipes, for a Mural, Fine Arts Building, University of Georgia, Athens
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
Apr 1942
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310830

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 48.4 x 63.2 cm (19 1/16 x 24 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: Hands Holding / Panpipe
  • inscription: l.r., charcoal, in artist's hand: 4-42
  • label: verso, l.l.c., paper, handwritten: 46
  • watermark: Weber
  • inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: 45. J. Charlot [written sideways]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1964.97.46
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Spots of blue and red watercolor spattered on surface.

Publication History

  • Jean Charlot, Charlot Murals in Georgia, The University of Georgia Press (Athens, GA, 1945), left third reproduced in b/w pl. 83

Verification Level

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