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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.289
People
Nicolas de Staël, French (St. Petersburg 1914 - 1955 Antibes)
Title
Composition Drawing
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Dessin Composition
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1952
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312266

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black fiber-tip ink, faded or discolored, on cream wove paper, verso printed with grid
Dimensions
76 x 56 cm (29 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., fiber-tip ink: Staël

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Knoedler Galleries, New York, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, 1952, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Copyright
© Nicolas de Staël / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.289
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Verso printed with grid: Malby & Sons, Lith., sheet 22 x 30--1000 meter grids--scale 1:25,000 meters

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. 268, pp. 358, 371, 375, 381

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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