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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.99
People
Attilio Salemme, American (Chestnut Hill, MA 1911 - 1955 New York, NY)
Title
The Mission
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1952
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311714

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
actual: 55.88 x 86.36 cm (22 x 34 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Attilio Salemme, Signed Date: 1952

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph H. Hazen, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Hazen Collection (Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen)
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.99
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Attilio Salemme, exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (Boston, MA, 1958)
  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Hazen Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1966), no. 65 in checklist
  • "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1966-1967, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1968), reproduced p. 87

Exhibition History

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Hazen Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/19/1966 - 12/01/1966
  • Collection of Joseph H. Hazen, Museum of Fine Arts, Columbus, Columbus, 08/01/1969 - 09/30/1969; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 08/01/1969 - 09/30/1969; Notre Dame Art Gallery, 10/01/1969 - 11/30/1969; University of Louisville, Louisville, 12/15/1969 - 01/31/1970; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 02/15/1970 - 03/15/1970
  • Paintings from the Collection of Joseph H. Hazen, Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies, Aspen, 07/01/1973 - 07/31/1973

Verification Level

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