Study for "Spinning Man" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.155
People: Elisabeth Frink, British (Thurlow, Suffolk, England 1930 - 1993 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England)
Title: Study for "Spinning Man"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1961
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/312370

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 75.4 x 55.8 cm (29 11/16 x 21 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: lower right, charcoal: Frink 61
inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: #5072; 30 (slightly visible, probably written in graphite).

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1961, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.155
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 38, fig. 119, p. 312, 316, 378

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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1995.155: Study for "Spinning Man"