Phoenix Wing | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.206
People: Paul Jenkins, American (Kansas City, Missouri 1923 - 2012)
Title: Phoenix Wing
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 1959
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/317590

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil and enamel on canvas

Dimensions

80 x 115.6 cm (31 1/2 x 45 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Signed lr: Paul Jenkins
gallery label: Label affixed to the reverse from Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (inventory # 1461)
inscription: signed again, dated and inscribed "New York" on reverse, upper left.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul and Suzanne Jenkins, New York, New York, sold through [Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, New York]; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907, by exchange
Accession Year: 2006
Object Number: 2006.206
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Carlyle Burrows, Herald Tribune Book Review (New York, March 25, 1956)
Martha Jackson Gallery, Oils by Paul Jenkins, exh. cat. (New York, 1956), cat. no. 1
Pictures on Exhibit (1956), p. 25

Exhibition History

Oils by Paul Jenkins, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 03/20/1956 - 04/07/1956

Verification Level

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2006.206: Phoenix Wing