Harvard Art Museums > 2008.271: Flower Bud Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Flower Bud (Joseph Stella) , 2008.271,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/330694. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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) Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
