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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.210.8
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
After Domenico Theotocopoli, called El Greco, Spanish (1541 - 1614)
Title
Inscription; with faint sketch after El Greco; verso: River God from the Parthenon
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1931 - 1932
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47189

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
41.7 x 33 cm (16 7/16 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: black ink, in artist's hand: DRAWINGS IN / BRITISH MUSEUM
  • inscription: graphite, in artist's hand: Agony in the Garden--El Greco
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: 14
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Ilyssos / W. pediment of Parthenon / British Museum / Drawn from / different angles
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 15

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lewis W. Rubenstein, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lewis W. Rubenstein, Class of 1930
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.210.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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