A wood carving of a group of people surrounding a table with documents on it.
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This is a painted wood carving based on John Trumbull’s depiction of the gathering leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A group of delegates stand at a table across from a sitting figure while others sit in the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.39.1
People
R.K. Cook, American (Bay City, MI b.1892 Lansing, MI)
Title
Declaration of Independence (1776 Series) one of three
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
May 16, 1925
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337425

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Carved and painted wood
Dimensions
49.2 x 41.9 cm (19 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. incised Cook with black and gold paint; on verso, incised R. K. COOK
  • inscription: on verso, in graphite: 602 hours 5-16-1925

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Marjorie Cook; [Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI], sold; to Didi and David Barrett, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.39.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marsha MacDowell and C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan Folk Art: Its Beginnings to 1941, exh. cat., Michigan State University (East Lansing, 1976), p. 98 as cat. no. 207, repr. in b/w

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/2023 - 08/06/2024

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