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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.193
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
After Luca Signorelli, Italian (Cortona, Italy 1445/50 - 1523 Cortona, Italy)
Title
The End of the World
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
mural painting
Date
1932
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/332765

Physical Descriptions

Medium
True fresco
Technique
Fresco painting
Dimensions
121.9 x 243.8 cm (48 x 96 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lewis W. Rubenstein, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lewis W. Rubenstein
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.193
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Louise Orsini, "The Technical Analysis and Treatment of Hunger March by Lewis Rubenstein and Rico Lebrun" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2010), Unpublished, pp. 1-59 passim
  • Teri Hensick, Tony Sigel, Henry Lie, Narayan Khandekar, Kate Smith, Francesca Bewer, Angela Chang, Louise Orsini, and Erin Mysak, Protection and Relocation of Frescoes During Construction at the Harvard Art Museum, Subliming Surfaces: Volatile Binding Media in Heritage Conservation, ed. Christina Rozeik, University of Cambridge Museums (https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.41335, 2018), Pages 141-152, Figure 2, Page 142; Figure 5, Page 144

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