A woman holding a child is seated on an easy chair in a living room with her family gathered around her.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A dark-skinned man and children gather around a dark-skinned woman seated in an armchair against a vibrantly colorful background in a living room. The woman looks toward us, wearing a light-colored necklace and earrings as she holds a small child in her arms. At left in a gray striped blazer, the man looks on, with one arm around the woman’s shoulder and one hand on a child’s back. A young girl in a dress looks at the viewer as she holds flowers and leans back against the woman’s legs. A young boy stands next to her at left, gesturing toward her. In some places, outlines next to the figures are visible, showing limbs or heads in slightly alternate positions.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.5
People
Louis Delsarte, American (Brooklyn, NY 1944 - 2020 Atlanta, GA)
Title
Unity
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1995
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361185

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
73.7 × 54.6 cm (29 × 21 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Louis Delsarte
  • watermark: top left edge: RCHES / FRANCE [infinity sign] [partial]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Delsarte, created 1995; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
32/100

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Louis Delsarte
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.5
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christina Taylor and Georgina Rayner, Multi-layered: Louis Delsarte’s Color Separations, Index Magazine (online), Index Magazine (https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/multi-layered-louis-delsarte-s-color-separations, May 12, 2022)
  • Jennifer Roberts, Contact: The Art and Pull of Print, Princeton University Press (Princeton and Oxford, 2024), p. 88, fig. 3.13, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

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