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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.4
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Alpha and Omega; verso: partial tracing of image on the recto
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Just a Pint
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1917
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54475

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, black and white crayon, incised, on faded blue wove paper; verso: black crayon(?)
Dimensions
31 x 48.3 cm (12 3/16 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., red ink: Sickert
  • inscription: recto, lower left, black ink: Mrs. Lilly
  • watermark: LES ANNONAY[?]
  • label: from removed backing board: The Fine Art Society PLC / 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT / June 2001 11578 / Walter Richard Sickert RA / 1860-1942 / Junt a Pint, or Alpha and Omega / Exhibited: London, The Fine Art Society, Walter Sickert, 2000 (26)
  • label: from removed backing board: 16949 April 1987 / Walter Richard Sickert / RA 1860-1942 / Study for "Alpha and Omega" / The Fine Art Society PLC

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Howarth, sold; to [Christie's, London, June 13, 1980, no. 48, as "Two Women in an Interior"] sold; to [The Fine Art Society, London], sold; to Patricia Cornwell, June 2001, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by W.R. Sickert, A.R.A., auct. cat., Savile Gallery (London, 1928), possibly no. 45
  • Paintings and Drawings by Richard Sickert, A.R.A., exh. cat., R. E. A. Wilson (London, 1933), possibly no. 28, as "Marjorie and Chris"
  • Walter Sickert: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, exh. cat., The Fine Art Society (London, 2000), no. 26, repr.
  • Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), no. 468.1

Exhibition History

  • An Exhibition of Paintings by W.R. Sickert, A.R.A., Savile Gallery, London, 02/01/1928 - 02/29/1928
  • Paintings and Drawings by Richard Sickert, A.R.A., R. E. A. Wilson, London, 03/01/1933 - 04/30/1933
  • Walter Sickert: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, The Fine Art Society, London, 05/08/2000 - 06/15/2000

Verification Level

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