2008.271: Flower Bud

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.271

People

Joseph Stella, American (Muro Lurcano Italy 1877 - 1946 Astoria NY)

Title

Flower Bud

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/330694

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Colored pencil and metalpoint with incised lines on white wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 56.8 x 70.5 cm (22 3/8 x 27 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., graphite: Joseph Stella
• inscription: upper right, graphite (upside down): 69 x 81 [crossed out] 76 x 64 57 [encircled]
• label: 12-SEP-06 / Sale 1699 / Tortoise / Lot 157 / Christie's

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Giovanni Stella, sister-in-law of the artist; private collection; Christie's, March 12, 1992, lot 226 [also appeared in Christie's, New York, May 19, 2005, lot 198, and Christie's, New York, September 12, 2006, lot 157--both times bought in]. Private collector, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2008

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of an Anonymous donor

Accession Year

2008

Object Number

2008.271

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Thea Burns, The Luminous Trace: Drawing and Writing in Metalpoint, Archetype Publications (London, 2012), p. 166, fig. 74
• Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature, exh. cat., DelMonico Books Prestel and High Museum of Art (Atlanta and New York, 2022), p. 105, plate 40, ill. (color)

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