2007.232: Sketchbook (Fabriano paper sample book)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.232

People

Dimitri Hadzi, American (New York, NY 1921 - 2006 Boston, MA)

Title

Sketchbook (Fabriano paper sample book)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/322119

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Sketchbook with beige paper covers and Fabriano sample paper pages

Dimensions

14 x 22.2 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
pages: 13.5 x 19.1 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: front cover, upper right, printed: DIMITRI HADZI / Via Cassiodoro, 14 / Rome, Italy
• inscription: graphite: [calculations]
• inscription: front cover, black ink, upper right: £ 1900 / kg [?] / (1800) / (1500 [ ]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Cynthia Hadzi, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2007.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Cynthia Hadzi

Copyright

© Cynthia Hadzi

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.232

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

27 pages, plus "front" page with list of paper sizes. Each page is a different wove paper type manufactured by Fabriano. Each is stamped with information on paper type, weight, dimension, etc. Drawings are variously in black ink, watercolor. Cover printed: CARTIER MILANI - FABRIANO / SOCIETA per AZIONI / CARTA PER DISEGNO / SERIE "FABRIANO ESPORTAZIONE"

Exhibition History

• American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023

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