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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.210.21
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
After Piero della Francesca, Italian (1416 - 1492)
Title
Notes and diagram of the Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1931 - 1932
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/49073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, colored pencil, and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
41.7 x 33 cm (16 7/16 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: 42
  • inscription: below image, black ink, in artist's hand: Architectural planning of / the three frescoes on the right / wall. main verticals and / horizontals marked by blue lines. / Diagonals by red. these divisions / carry through all three frescoes, / and thus make the whole wall a unit.
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 43

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
1934.210.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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